To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Awaited with bated breath by stakeholders in the online industry and by IP right holders alike, the EU Commission published its official draft for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is conceived as one of the central pillars for its ambition to shape Europe’s digital future. Its published draft aims high, both in the scope of topics it covers, and the depth in which it addresses them. The DSA provides a staggered set of obligations and liability rules for all intermediaries (such as internet access providers, domain name registrars, search engines), for hosting services (such as cloud services and webhosting), for online platforms (such as social media platforms, app stores and online marketplaces), and for very large online platforms (those reaching more than 45 million EU users each month). In this article, we will walk you through the proposed changes and what they mean for platforms in particular.