Thierry Breton welcomes the entry into force of the Digital Services Act (DSA)

2023-08-25 20:40:00

DSA/TECH – This Friday, August 25, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, announces the entry into force of the regulation on digital services (Digital Services ActDSA) to combat “illegal content”. He explains that he has powers of investigation and sanction in order to enforce this objective.

On his own X-Twitter social network, Elon Musk replies that he and his teams “work hard” to comply with this new European commitment.

The DSA comes into full effect on February 17, 2024, but very large online platforms and large search engines are affected earlier.

“It is really time for Europe to set its own rules”

In a video published in English on his twitter account, Thierry Breton announces that the DSA becomes legally applicable today for very large online platforms. “It is really time for Europe to set its own rules”he explains before adding: “but at the same time it is necessary to protect freedom of expression against arbitrary decisions”.

Today, the Digital Services Act — #DSA — becomes legally enforceable for Very Large Online Platforms & Search Engines.

These systemic platforms play a very important role in our daily lives — so it was time for the EU to set our own rules.

A safer Internet for everyone ???????? pic.twitter.com/fGPCERx5mW

— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) August 25, 2023

“To protect our citizens and our democracies from illegal content”he assures that his services and himself will be “very rigorous in verifying that systemic platforms comply with the DSA” and that they now have the power to investigate and sanction.

Elon Musk replied: “We are working hard on that.”

We are working hard on this

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2023

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