nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210104-182911-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210104s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210104-182911-0 doi eng 342 23 Wagner, Ben Author aut A first impression of regulatory powers in the Digital Services Act Wagner, Ben Verfassungsblog 2021-01-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The EU Commission Proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), released on 15 December 2020, is one of the cornerstones of the Commission’s ‘A Europe Fit for the Digital Age’ political agenda. The regulatory model proposed in the DSA is highly centralised, with the Commission putting itself forward as the sole regulator with teeth vis-à-vis Big Tech, or “very large platforms”. A choice which builds on the failings of the GDPR, but creates tensions with general requirements of independence and impartiality of regulators. CC BY-SA 4.0 Big Tech Digital Markets Act Digital Services Act European Commission Janssen, Heleen Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/regulatory-powers-dsa/ raw object