๐ EU Digital services & markets act 2020ff
Goals
Forโฆ
- Providers of digital services
- Legal certainty
- Easier to start-up and scale-up in EU
- Citizens:
- More choice, lower price
- Better protection of fundamental rights
- Business users of digital services
- More choice, lower price
- Access to EU-Wide markets
- Society
- Greater democratic control and oversight over systemic platforms
- Mitigation of systemic risks (e.g. disinformation)
Focus on
- Intermediary services: network infrastructure providers
- Hosting services: cloud/hosting service providers
- Online platforms: e.g. marketplaces, social media
- Very large online platforms: online platform that reaches > 10% of EU consumers
New obligations
- Transparency reporting
- Requirements on terms of service
- Cooperation with national authorities following orders
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