This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’, the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to […]Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
December 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’, the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to […]Commission preliminarily finds Temu in breach of the Digital Services Act in relation to illegal products on its platform
July 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission preliminarily found Temu in breach of the obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to properly assess the risks of illegal products being disseminated on its marketplace. Evidence showed that there is a high risk for consumers in the EU to […]Commission opens investigations to safeguard minors from pornographic content under the Digital Services Act
May 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The DSA aims to ensure a safer environment online for minors, in this context, the Commission has opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA). In parallel, Member States, coming together in the European […]Commission preliminarily finds TikTok’s ad repository in breach of the Digital Services Act
May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has informed TikTok of its preliminary view that the company does not fulfil the Digital Services Act (DSA)‘s obligation to publish an advertisement repository. Such an advertising repository is critical for researchers and civil society to detect scam advertisements, hybrid threat […]Commission welcomes the integration of the revised Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online into the Digital Services Act
January 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. e Commission and the European Board for Digital Services welcome the integration of the revised ‘Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online +’ into the framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which encourages voluntary codes of conduct to tackle risks online. The […]Commission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has informed X of its preliminary view that it is in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers. Transparency and accountability in relation to content moderation and advertising are at […]Commission designates adult content platform XNXX as Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act
July 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has formally designated XNXX as aVery Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). XNXX is an adult content platform with an average of more than 45 million monthly users in the European Union. This user number, which XNXX has […]Commission opens formal proceedings against X under the Digital Services Act
December 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers. On the basis of the preliminary investigation conducted so far, […]Commission services sign administrative arrangements with French and Irish media regulators to support enforcement of Digital Services Act
October 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission services have signed administrative arrangements with the media regulators of France (Autorité de regulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, Arcom) and Ireland (Coimisiún na Meán), to support its supervisory and enforcement powers under the Digital Services Act (DSA). These arrangements aim […]The Commission sends request for information to X under the Digital Services Act
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the European Commission services sent to X a formal request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This request follows indications received by the Commission services of the alleged spreading of illegal content and disinformation, in particular the spreading of terrorist and […]Digital Services Act: Commission designates first set of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines
April 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted the first designation decisions under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designating 17 Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) that reach at least 45 million monthly active users. These are: Very Large Online Platforms: […]Internal Market Committee endorses agreement on Digital Services Act
June 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The Digital Services Act is an historic bill aimed at fighting the spread of illegal content online and protecting fundamental rights of users. On Thursday, Parliament’s Internal Market Committee endorsed the provisionally reached agreement with EU governments on the Digital Services Act (DSA) with […]Digital Services Act: regulating platforms for a safer online space for users
January 24, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs agreed a draft set of measures to tackle illegal content, to ensure platforms are held accountable for their algorithms, and improve content moderation. The text approved today by Parliament with 530 votes to 78, with 80 abstentions, will be used as the mandate […]
