http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220316-121129-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-self-regulatory-race-to-the-bottom-through-art-18-digital-services-act/ A Self-Regulatory Race to the Bottom through Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement in the Digital Services Act - How the DSA will introduce competition for the Meta Oversight Board (and the German FSM) and why we should be worried about this Holznagel, Daniel eng 2022-03-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Article 21 Digital Services Act Article 21 DSA Digital Services Act DSA out-of-court dispute settlement Platform Regulation Self-Regulation Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Art. 18 of the draft Digital Services Act [Art. 21 in the final text] will introduce new dispute settlement processes. This addresses a legitimate policy concern, namely the need to enable effective recourse mechanisms for platform decisions. However, the concept fails when trying to combine the best of two worlds: solving disputes through real courts as well as through self-regulation. Art. 18 [Art. 21 in the final text] DSA raises serious concerns and should be substantially modified.