The EU Parliament adopts the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act making the EU the first jurisdiction in the world to set a standard for regulating the digital space

Dawning of a New Regulatory Era - the EU Digital Competition Revamp* “Digital regulation” is a legislative concept and trend which has grown exponentially in recent years and looks set to develop for many more years to come. On 5 July 2022, the day the European Parliament adopted the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) (on relations between digital services providers and consumers) and the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) (on the functioning of competition in digital markets), Commissioner Thierry Breton authored an extensive post commenting on how historic this day was and how the “EU is the first jurisdiction in the world to set a comprehensive standard for regulating the digital space”. [1] It seems that this has incited a number of other authorities to take action as well, with the U.K. CMA