What makes a risk “systemic”? The CJEU’s first interpretation of systemic risks under the Digital Services Act

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Ecosystems: EU Digital Services Act

What makes a risk “systemic”? The CJEU’s first interpretation of systemic risks under the Digital Services Act By Andrea Palumbo This post analyses the first major CJEU interpretation of “systemic risks” under the Digital Services Act in Amazon v. European Commission (2025). It argues that the judgment clarifies systemic risks as large-scale societal risks, rejects analogies with financial systemic risk regulation, and provides some guidance on the scope of Article 34 DSA. Introduction Few things have puzzled digital law scholars like the new notion of systemic risks of the Digital Services Ac

What makes a risk “systemic”? The CJEU’s first interpretation of systemic risks under the Digital Services Act By Andrea Palumbo This post analyses the first major CJEU interpretation of “systemic risks” under the Digital Services Act in Amazon v. European Commission (2025). It argues that the judgm

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