Abstract

The article discusses the provisions of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) on the Digital Single Market for Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) with a particular focus on issues concerning liability of social media platform.
It begins by pointing out the reasons for adopting DSA and comments on the existing grounds for liability prior to the enactment of the DSA. Then it goes on to point out and discuss the definition of online platforms (including social media) as codified under the Regulation. Further, it discusses the exclusion of liability of hosting providers and some novelties introduced by the DSA in this context, such as the so-called Good Samaritan clause, or issues that were codified in the Regulation but had aroused questions under the previous regulation.
Finally, it refers to the proposed European Media Freedom Act, which may have further consequences for the operation of very large online platforms in the EU in terms of the removal of media service providers’ content.