The DSA establishes a hybrid enforcement framework. The European Commission holds exclusive competence to supervise and enforce DSA obligations on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs). National authorities — Digital Services Coordinators (DSCs) — handle all other intermediaries established in their territory.
This centralized exclusive competence creates a real structural tension and dependency: raising the question: what legal options do EU Member States have if the Commission fails to do its job as as a supervisory and enforcement body?
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Speaker: Christine Allan de Lavenne, Tech Innovation Legal Consultant & Governance Advisor
Christine Allan de Lavenne is a legal and policy executive operating at the intersection of freedom of expression, intellectual property, and emerging technology governance. Christine is the founding partner of SIDE Law Office and serves as an independent international tech innovation legal consultant and AI governance advisor. She currently serves on and advises boards and initiatives focused on AI governance, digital trust, and information integrity.
Moderator: Alexandre Alaphilippe, Executive Director, EU DisinfoLab
Alexandre Alaphilippe is the Executive Director and co-founder of the EU DisinfoLab. Since 2017, he has coordinated work on some of the organisation’s largest investigations into Information Operations linked to Russia, India and China. In 2022, he led the exposure of Doppelganger, which has been labeled as one of the largest information operation from Russia in the past years. He is a member of a number of working groups in Brussels and Washington DC linked to platform regulation, transatlantic relations, and hybrid threats, where he emphasises the role of civil society in maintaining democratic values. He has published papers for the Brookings Institution and his work has been featured on CNN, BBC, Le Monde and Politico.
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