After politically contentious negotiations, the EU Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers agreed on final versions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) in March and April 2022. The DMA is intended to regulate large online platforms and open them up to competition. The DSA serves, among other things, to combat illegal content on the internet. Some commentators even see these legislative packages as a new “digital constitution” at the European level. In this episode of “Weggeforscht”, research assistants Owen McGrath and Justin Rennert give an overview of the diverse regulations of the legislative packages in their final version.
