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These were the words that led to the historic agreement on the Digital Service Act (DSA) by the Council and the European Parliament on Saturday 23 April. More than 18 months after the Commission’s proposal, we look back at the application, ambition and challenges of this agreement that seeks to regulate fake news, online hate and counterfeiting, among other things, at a time when the richest man on earth has just obtained the agreement to acquire Twitter. Evarestos Pimplis and Louise Faudeux, MediaLab of Information The DSA, a European ambition to control digital spaces “ What is illegal offline will be illegal online in the EU ,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.


This is how the European Union wants to secure the internet overseas chinese in europe data by regulating discrimination, hate speech and access to fundamental rights with new measures. The Digital Service Act aims to regulate both content and platforms to further protect European citizens. In the same vein as the GDPR and its “twin” agreement, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – an agreement reached on March 25 – the DSA is one of the major texts for digital regulation in the European space. Social networks, application stores , platforms,, all major technology companies will have to take responsibility for the content they host , in particular by removing illegal publications themselves, and by banning users who regularly violate the rules .


While the DMA is more in line with a competition control approach in order to prevent platforms, these famous gatekeepers , from harming markets and their consumers, the DSA targets content more . Thus, it aims to update the legislation by taking into account the developments in digital spaces, driven by profit logic, to the detriment of ethical and informational considerations. The agreement then targets entities of all sizes, with obligations taking into account their role and impact, unlike the DMA which focuses on tech giants. What scope of application? On paper, the scope of the DSA is intended to be broad with one main watchword: to impose transparency on digital players regarding their algorithms and the obligation to remove reported illegal content