What is the Harm in Size: Very Large Online Platforms in the Digital Services Act

Tools

Broughton Micova, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-0345 (2021) What is the Harm in Size: Very Large Online Platforms in the Digital Services Act. Centre for Regulation in Europe (CERRE).

[thumbnail of 211019_CERRE_IP_What-is-the-harm-in-size_FINAL]
Preview
 PDF (211019_CERRE_IP_What-is-the-harm-in-size_FINAL) - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives.
Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

After reviewing perspectives on size related to market dominance in section two, this paper returns to the roots of the harm principle as a justification for policy intervention. It then describes the concept of public harms and reveals the accumulative nature of some harms, especially societal ones. It examines the relationship between harm and benefit and the implications of the greater moral significance of harm. This is followed by a discussion of the positive obligations on states arising from fundamental rights and the harm of omission if these obligations are not fulfilled. The DSA’s approach to harm is a risk-based one that connects largeness with systemic risk in three area of potential harm. Section four, therefore examines the concept of systemic risk, drawing on financial sector regulation, where it originated, and then identifies two potential gaps in its application in the DSA. The fifth section the discusses the three categories of risk listed in the DSA as well as an additional category of risk, media plurality. The final section elaborates the recommendations and points for consideration.

Item Type: Book
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2022 14:30
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 01:45
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83031
DOI:

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item