Sally O'Brien

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02 Nov: E-Commerce Directive versus the new Digital Services Act: is there a new liability regime for online service providers?

Current-day digital services, technologies and business models are near-unrecognisable from their counterparts covered by the E-Commerce Directive of the year of 2000. Some of the Directive’s key principles and provisions are outdated and no longer compatible with the newest technologies and business practices. It soon became apparent that a new package of legislative measures would need to be adopted at the EU level.