The 27 countries in the federation have decided to bring in the proposed Digital Services Act (Digital Services Act DSA) for the regulation of online information.
European Union: The European Union (EU) has enacted a new law to impose strict restrictions on tech companies to control provocative and offensive content on online and social media platforms. The 27 countries in the federation have decided to bring in the proposed Digital Services Act (Digital Services Act DSA) for online data control. The European Parliament and the EU member states already signed an agreement on digital services on Saturday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the deal as "historic". She said the DSA was raising all regulations under the law for all online services in the EU.
"The law protects online platforms, freedom of expression, and the opportunities for digital businesses," he said. Margaret Vestager, the European executive's vice president, said the law would impose self-regulation on organizations to curb the spread of hate speech, provocative comments, misinformation, and malicious speech online. The law, in particular, applies to companies such as Google and Meta (formerly Facebook) and imposes strict controls on those companies, as well as the removal of illegal and malicious content on those platforms.
At the same time, the law also allows consumers to complain and seek redressal of objectionable, online information coming from Google and meta platforms within the EU. The law will come into force as soon as it is approved by the European Parliament and the EU member states. Under the law, tech companies that violate EU rules will be fined hundreds of billions of euros for online platforms. However, the fine is 6 percent of the companies' "international turnover". The DSA law would also allow for a complete ban on infringing online platforms from Europe. Google has announced that it welcomes the introduction of the DSA Act by European countries.
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