Disciplina sui servizi digitali erogati dai fornitori di piattaforme e motori di ricerca on line di dimensioni molto grandi e ruolo della Commissione europea

Abstract

The so-called digital service act was presented by the European Commission on 15 December 2020 as part of the Digital Services Act package together with the digital market act, as announced in the communication of 19 February 2020 entitled “Shaping Europe's digital future” and in accordance with the strategy for the digital single market in Europe outlined in the communication of 6 May 2015.

In the context of digital constitutionalism, the Regulation represents an expression of the digital sovereignty of the European Union which attempts to democratize the internet by limiting the excessive power of platforms as private censors.

After having identified the object and scope of the Regulation applicable from 17 February 2024, this contribution, after identifying the providers of platforms (infra VLOP) and very large online search engines (infra VLOSE), analyzes the respective obligations characterized by an early application to 25 August 2023, also investigating the corresponding competence and powers of the European Commission