There are five key issues covered in the new legislation, including online disinformation and other "societal risks." First is that the online platforms are obliged to combat the sale of illegal products and services, which will affect Amazon and Facebook Marketplace among others. It also provided that there are new measures designed to crack down on illegal content, including Russian propaganda, interference with elections, hate crimes, and online harms including harassment and child abuse, and ensure that fundamental rights recognized by law across Europe, including freedom of expression and data protection, are safeguarded. DSA also provided that platforms are prohibited from targeting children with advertising based on their personal data or cookies, requiring them to redesign their systems to ensure a "high level of privacy, security, and safety of minors" as well as their content “recommender systems” to reduce risks to children. The tech giants are also ordered to steer clear from the use of sensitive personal data including race, gender, and religion for targeting users with adverts. Lastly, for the protection of shoppers from everyday interfaces used to manipulate them into buying things they don't need or want, "dark patterns" or persuasion marketing techniques are banned. However, ZeroHedge's Tyler Durden pointed out that the legislation is actually a tool for the EU to "rein in" the power of social media corporations. Its primary purpose is to give the EU legal precedence to force Big Tech companies to apply censorship standards to their platforms, regardless if they are European-based or not. (Related: Big Government selling unconstitutional censorship tools to Big Tech to override First Amendment and silence all voices of dissent.) Those who do not comply with the Act would face sanctions including large fines, which could run into hundreds of millions of euros. An EU-wide ban is also possible.Today, the Digital Services Act — #DSA — becomes legally enforceable for Very Large Online Platforms & Search Engines.
These systemic platforms play a very important role in our daily lives — so it was time for the EU to set our own rules. A safer Internet for everyone ?? pic.twitter.com/fGPCERx5mW — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) August 25, 2023
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