The (New) Role of States in a ‘States-As-Platforms’ Approach
Published in the Constitutional Discourse blog, 28.01.2023 The forceful invasion of “online platforms” not only into our everyday lives but also into the EU legislator’s agenda, most visibly through the DSA and DMA regulatory initiatives, perhaps opened up another approach to state theory: what if states could also be viewed as platforms themselves? Within the current digital environment online platforms…