The Taming of Internet Platforms – A Look at the European Digital Services Act

Various regulatory attempts at taming global Internet platforms have entered the stage worldwide. These set out to renegotiate the cornerstones of a workable social contract and the expectations of the various participants in terms of social roles, acceptable behavior and reasonable means. In this vein, the European Digital Services Act (“DSA”) takes on questions of platforms’ responsibility for content moderation with an asymmetric system of due diligence obligations. This comprises the a