Social platforms will come under greater control in the EU

The Digital Services Act, i.e. the Code of Digital Services, is one of the most important regulations regarding the digital services market that the European Union is currently working on. New regulations aimed at curbing the dominance of digital giants, increasing the protection of users of social platforms, and ensuring the transparency of their operation, have a chance to be adopted at the end of this year.

"The main motivation for introducing these regulations is the feeling of the European Commission that the way large online platforms operate today is simply harmful to citizens and something needs to be done about it," Dorota Głowacka, a lawyer at the Panoptykon Foundation, said.

The Digital Services Act is – next to the Digital Markets Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act – one of the most important regulations in the area of ​​new technologies that the EU is working on.

"We assume that this year will be further negotiations between the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the EU Council. Probably at the end of this year or the beginning of next, these regulations will be finally adopted," Dorota Głowacka added.

(Newseria)