The DSA is a mammoth law that will force digital giants to aggressively police content online. Image: AI
Raziye Akkoc -- AFP
Feb. 16, 2024
Digital companies will have nowhere to hide after the EU's landmark content law enters into full force from Saturday, with the risk of heavy fines for any violations.
The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), kicked in last year for the world's largest platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, but will now apply to all except the smallest companies.
When the European Union proposed the law in 2020, the objective was simple: to tame the Wild West online, where Brussels felt companies were not doing enough to block illegal content or acting sufficiently to protect consumers.
Brussels has already bared its teeth, showing the tech titans that it means business.
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