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The Proposed Digital Services Act Package – What You Need To Know

Privacy & Data Protection Journal
February 9, 2021

"The online world is constantly evolving, and everything we do – and use – is becoming more digitalized. However, the European legal framework for digital services has remained unchanged since the adoption of the e-commerce directive back in 2000. The aim of this directive was to enable access to digital services across the EU, harmonize the core hardships for such services and set the liability framework for third party content hosted by intermediary services. While the directive has accomplished much of what it promised, it can no longer keep up with the changing times."

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