Digital Services Act: EU Commission presents new best-practice election toolkit
Today, the EU Commission published an elections toolkit, providing practical details on how the Digital Services Act (DSA) Election Guidelines can…
EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation becomes DSA compliance benchmark
Today, the EU Commission and the European Board for Digital Services endorsed the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice…
Shein: EU Commission requests information on illegal products and recommender system
The EU Commission is requesting Shein, a global online fashion and lifestyle retailer, to provide internal documents and more detailed…
E-Commerce toolbox: EU Commission tackles risks caused by non-EU online retailers
The EU Commission is taking action to tackle risks stemming from low-value imports sold via non-EU online retailers and marketplaces…
Insight EU Digitization and Entertainment Monitoring Weekly 27 – 31 January 2025
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Insight EU Digitization and Entertainment Monitoring Weekly 20 – 25 January 2025
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CER Analysis: Why tech firms should not stoke transatlantic tensions
Some large US tech firms want to enlist President Trump in their attempts to water down EU tech laws. Such…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission and MEPs debate enforcement
After cases of interference by social media platforms into elections in Europe, the EU Commission and MEPd discuss how to…
MEPs discuss how to enforce the Digital Services Act
On Tuesday, Christel Schaldemose (S&D, DK) Vice-President and Chair of the Working group on the implementation of the DSA will give a press conference…
Countering illegal hate speech: Revised Code of Conduct as part of Digital Services Act
Brussels, 20 January 2025 The EU Commission and the European Board for Digital Services welcome...
EU Commission addresses additional investigations to X in the ongoing DSA proceedings
The Commission requests X to provide internal documentation on its recommender systems and any recent changes made to it, by…
Musk and Zuckerberg: MEP Axel Voss asks for clearer regulation of social media
"During the US election campaign, we have already seen disturbing interference from Elon Musk on X, pushing algorithms with his…
S&Ds urge Meta to uphold its digital responsibility to fight disinformation
Following Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that his social media platforms will no longer employ fact-checking, the S&Ds urge Meta to fulfil…
TikTok’s election performance: EU Commission investigates suspected DSA breaches
The European Commission has launched formal proceedings against TikTok for a suspected breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The…
Roundtable with researchers to access online platform data under the Digital Services Act
The roundtable focused on the technical measures and best practices that could be implemented to facilitate the roll-out of the…
Romania: Outcome of a special meeting of the European Board for Digital Services
On 6 December 2024, the European Board for Digital Services convened in an ad-hoc meeting to discuss the elections in…
Romanian elections: EU Commission issues data retention order to TikTok
The European Commission has issued a 'retention order' to TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA), requiring the platform to…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission sends additional information request to TikTok
The European Commission sent an additional request for information (RFI) to TikTok. According to the Digital Services Act (DSA), responsible…
Meta publishes progress and audit reports implementing the Digital Services Act
Meta has published a series of reports which track our compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), including an independent…
Very large online platforms and search engines to publish first risk and audit reports
Starting this week, the providers of the first 19 very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large search engines (VLOSEs) designated…
Regulatory EU roundtable with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner and UK’s Ofcom
The European Commission met with Australian and UK authorities to discuss online safety strategies. The meeting aimed to inform the…
EU urges e-commerce platform Temu to respect consumer protection laws
Today, a coordinated European investigation has led to the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network, representing national consumer authorities and the…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission harmonises transparency reporting rules
The EU Commission has adopted an Implementing Regulation outlining the rules and templates for transparency reporting by providers of intermediary…
Safer Internet Forum 2024
21 November 2024 Brussels + Online This year’s edition will take place on Thursday 21...
EU Commission opens DSA proceedings against e-commerce platform Temu
Today, the Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Temu may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to…
Commission launches public consultation on rules governing researchers’ access to data from online platforms under the Digital Services Act
With the Digital Services Act, researchers will have access to data for the first time to study systemic risks and…
Pornhub, Stripchat, XVideos: EU requests transparency and ad repositories insights
The EU Commission is requesting the providers of Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos to provide more information related to their transparency…
Illegal products: EU Commission requests clarification from Temu
Today, the EU Commission has sent a request for information (RFI) to Temu requesting the platform to provide detailed information…
Protecting minors online: EU Commission gathers good practices
On 4 October, the EU Commission held a multi-stakeholder workshop to collect input for the guidelines on protection of minors…
S&D Group: We need global measures to protect our democracies from Big Tech
According to the S&D Group, social media platforms are increasingly affecting democracies and citizens. The spread of disinformation is a…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission sends request for information to Meta
The EU Commission is requesting Meta to provide more information on the measures to comply with its obligations to give…
TikTok commits to permanently withdraw its Lite Rewards programme from the EU
The platform has made two commitments under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA): A commitment to withdraw the TikTok Lite…
DSA: EU Commission launches call for evidence on the protection of minors online
The EU Commission has launched a call for evidence to gather views on its Guidelines on the protection of minors…
Meta’s “pay or consent” model: EU Commission coordinates consumer protection authorities
The European Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network sent a letter following concerns that Meta's ‘pay or consent' model might breach EU…
Digital Services Act breaches: EU Commission sends preliminary findings to X
According to the EU Commission, X designs and operates its “verified accounts” with the “Blue checkmark” in a way that…
DSA: EU Commission adds adult content provider XNXX to Very Large Online Platforms
Today, the EU Commission has formally designated XNXX as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). XNXX…
EU Commission call: Online ads at the crossroads of different regulatory frameworks
The purpose of the study is to provide the Commission with an updated comprehensive overview and understanding of the most…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission requests information to Amazon
The EU Commission is requesting Amazon to provide more information on the measures the platform has taken to comply with…
DSA: EU Commission requests information from online marketplaces Temu and Shein
The EU Commission is requesting Temu and Shein to provide more information on the measures they have taken to comply…
EU consumer dialogue: Vinted to improve pricing information and transparency
Following a dialogue with the EU Commission and the national consumer authorities of Member States, Vinted, an online marketplace for…
Pornhub, XVideos, Stripchat: EU Commission requests information on illegal content and protection of minors
The EU Commission requests more detailed information on measures taken to diligently assess and mitigate risks related to the protection…
EU Commissioner Breton welcomes announcement by LinkedIn to comply with DSA ad provisions
The Commission takes note of LinkedIn's announcement that it has fully disabled the functionality allowing advertisers to target LinkedIn users…
DSA enforcement: EU Commission intensify their cooperation with ERGA
The EU Commission services in charge of the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the European Regulators Group…
Digital Services: EU Commission designates Temu as Very Large Online Platform
Temu is an online marketplace with an average of more than 45 million monthly users in the European Union. This…
Meta: EU Commission opens proceedings related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram
The Eurooean Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, may have breached…
EU services sign social media administrative arrangement with Ofcom
The EU Commission services responsible for the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) have signed an administrative arrangement with Ofcom – the media…
DMA and DSA: EU Commission launches whistleblowing tools
The tools will allow interested parties to provide, without fear of reprisal, information enabling them to identify and uncover harmful…
Facebook and Instagram: EU Commission opens formal DSA proceedings
The suspected infringements cover Meta's policies and practices relating to deceptive advertising and political content on its services. They also…
Third meeting of the European Board for Digital Services
Digital Services Coordinators (DSCs) discussed the Digital Services Act (DSA) Elections guidelines, with a debrief on the stress test of 24 April, and…
Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines to publish 2nd transparency reports
Transparency Reports are part of a larger array of provisions aiming at enhancing transparency and accountability of online content moderation.