Policy Briefing — European Commission unveils Digital Services Act proposal
On 15 December 2020 the European Commission proposed the Digital Services Act, introducing due diligence rules for online platforms, risk assessments for very large platforms, and stronger enforcement powers for regulators.
The Commission published the Digital Services Act draft on 15 December 2020, outlining obligations for hosting services and online platforms around illegal content removal, transparency reporting, advertising disclosures, and systemic risk mitigation for very large platforms.
Policy teams should map the DSA proposal against existing content moderation, recommender, and advertising practices, and plan for risk assessments, notice-and-action workflows, and data access provisions that would later be enforced after adoption.
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