The European Parliament and European Union (EU) Member States announced on Saturday that they had reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark legislation to force big Internet companies to act against disinformation and illegal and harmful content, and to “provide better protection for Internet users and their fundamental rights”.
The Act, which is yet to become law, was proposed by the EU Commission (anti-trust) in December 2020. As defined by the EU Commission, the DSA is “a set of common rules on intermediaries’ obligations and accountability across the single market”, and ensures higher protection to all EU users, irrespective of their country.
The proposed Act will work in conjunction with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which was…
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