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DSA Compliance

What Does the DSA Mean for Your Business?

On November 16th 2022, the Digital Services Act (DSA; Regulation 2022/2065) entered into force. This regulation aims to create a safer digital environment where users, businesses, governments, and civil society can flourish. The DSA will apply to VLOPS and VLOSE by August 2023, and to all online services operating in Europe by February 2024. Acknowledging the immense benefits the Internet has brought …

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Digital Services Act Stakeholder Event

On June 27th, 2023, the inaugural Digital Services Act (DSA) Stakeholder event took place, bringing together a diverse range of participants interested in shaping the future of Europe’s digital services. Workshops covering various topics, such as online marketplaces’ safety and use of data science in the enforcement of the DSA, provided valuable insights on how …

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Different codes of conduct DSA

Codes of Conduct and the Digital Services Act

For the better part of a decade, as regulators took a backseat in platform regulation, voluntary initiatives to promote action to curb online harms flourished. Codes of conduct served as a way to encourage platform action, transparency, and accountability in areas like terrorist content, hate speech and child safety. With regulatory action now in full …

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Utopia: DSA scope in focus: I have a comments section, does the DSA apply to me?

Does having a comments section qualify my services as a hosting service? In short: Yes. Having a comments section on your platform qualifies your services, at minima, as a hosting service. More precisely, a hosting service in the meaning of the DSA is a service that stores user generated content (UGC). Perhaps owing to the …

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Deconstructing the DSA: How will the DSA impact online platforms’ policies on minors?

A 2022 Pew Research Survey found that 95% of teenagers (aged 13-17) use YouTube and 67% use TikTok, with nearly one in three reporting near-constant use. The amount of screen time has also increased in recent years and it hovers around five and a half hours on average.  With a greater number of underage users and increasing opportunities to …

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Tech Policy Press: Knocking at the Door of Transparency: The Digital Services Act and Infrastructure Providers

Given the increasing focus on trust and safety and the responsibilities of actors across the Internet ecosystem, regulation has gradually shifted focus on transparency requirements. What are the processes that must be in place to deal with illegal content while protecting fundamental rights and due process? The Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is quite clear: if a …

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Very Large Online Platforms: So, you have 45 million users – what now?

February 17th marked an important milestone for the EU’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA) as all online platforms operating in Europe were required to publish their average monthly active users (MAU). Online platforms and search engines whose MAU surpass 45 million users in the EU will now be designated by the Commission as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online …

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