EU: agreement reached on the DSA, the new legislation on digital services
The three institutions of the European Union have reached an agreement on internet security, whether it is to fight against online hatred, against illegal content, the fundamental rights of EU citizens will be better protected on the Internet.
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After laborious negotiations which ended in the early hours of Saturday morning, the three institutions of the European Union have reached an agreement on internet security.
Whether it is to fight against online hatred, against illegal content, the fundamental rights of EU citizens will be better protected on the Internet.
This is what the negotiators of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the future European legislation on digital services, are saying this Saturday morning.
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With our correspondent in Brussels
,
Pierre Bénazet
What is illegal in reality must also be illegal on the internet, this is the slogan that underlies the future European legislation on digital services.
Hate speech and calls for violence on social networks, the sale of counterfeit products, the misappropriation of intellectual property, all this is now regulated by the "DSA", the acronym in English for the law on services digital.
Internet users will thus be protected on the
Internet
from illegal content, say the EU institutions.
All large platforms and search engines, ie those with more than 45 million monthly users in the EU such as Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and many others are affected by the legislation.
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These platforms and search engines will have to check, for example, whether the content posted online does not attack minors or whether data on political opinions has not been used for advertising targeting.
They will be responsible for removing them and allowing Internet users to easily report illegal content.
Platforms may be fined up to 6% of their global turnover, or even banned from operating in the European Union.
The future EU legislation on digital services will therefore replace the current EU regulations which were more than twenty years old.
A "
historic
" agreement, welcomed the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Today's agreement on #DSA is historic.
Our new rules will protect users online, ensure freedom of expression and opportunities for businesses.
What is illegal offline will effectively be illegal online in the EU.
A strong signal for people, business & countries worldwide.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) April 23, 2022
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