3 weeks ago - It establishes a tiered regulatory ... (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) with over 45 million monthly active users in the EU. Ursula von der Leyen proposed a "new Digital Services Act" in her 2019 bid for the European Commission's presidency....

Member States will be required ... the services established in their jurisdiction, and to participate in the EU cooperation mechanism. A Digital Service Coordinator (DSC) is an authority in charge of the application and enforcement of the DSA in each Member State...

There is no other legislative act in the world having this level of ambition to regulate social media, online marketplaces, very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs). The rules are designed asymmetrically: Larger intermediary services with significant societal impact (VLOPs and VLOSEs) are subject to stricter rules.

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Together with its sister legislation, the · Digital Markets Act, it establishes a single set of rules that apply across the whole EU and sets a potential global standard in platform governance. The DSA aims to end an era in which tech companies have essentially regulated themselves – setting their own policies on how to moderate content, and issuing “transparency reports” about their efforts to combat harms like disinformation that have been practically impossible for third parties to scrutinize.

Commission hosted workshop with enlargement countries to discuss online risks and platform regulation · On 12 and 13 March, DG CONNECT and DG ENEST hosted representatives from EU enlargement countries in the framework of a TAIEX (technical assistance and information exchange) workshop to present the work ongoing under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and support the accession process in the area of platform regulation.

The Act designates Coimisiún na Meán as the Digital Services Coordinator and lead competent authority for the Digital Services Act.

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All organizations falling within the scope of the DSA must have complied to their respective obligations since February 17, 2024. The Digital Market Act (DMA) and DSA both regulate online platforms; however, their scope and purpose are different. The DMA regulates the economic power of larger platforms considered as “gatekeepers”, namely the platforms playing a dominant role in the digital ecosystem.

The national competition authority, Autorité de la Concurrence, has been appointed as Digital Services Coordinator. They are also in charge of implementing the DMA.

August 13, 2024 - Digital Services Coordinators (DSCs): The authorities within each EU member state responsible for enforcing the DSA, alongside the bloc-level European Commission and Board for Digital Services.

Companies can face fines of up to 6% of their global annual turnover for noncompliance. ... In 2019, Ursula von der Leyen, then a candidate for European Commission president, proposed a "new Digital Services Act".

The European Commission plays a significant role in enforcing the DSA. In addition, every member state must designate a specific platform oversight agency, the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC).

September 22, 2025 - Enforcement of the DSA is shared between national authorities and the European Commission. National authorities, called Digital Services Coordinators, supervise and enforce compliance with the DSA in their Member States.

1 month ago - Since February 2024, the DSA applies to most platforms in the EU, except micro and small enterprises. Enforcement is shared between national authorities (Digital Services Coordinators) and the European Commission.

October 24, 2025 - At Cloudflare, we are supportive of the longstanding legal frameworks both in Europe and other parts of the world that protect Internet companies from liability for the content that is uploaded or sent through their networks by their users, subscribers or customers. These frameworks are indispensable for the growth of online services, and have been essential in the growth of online applications, marketplaces and social networks. The EU Digital Services Act consists of two main parts: First, the DSA maintains the strong liability protections for intermediary services that have existed in Europe for over 20 years, and modernizes them, including by giving explicit recognition of supporting Internet services.

January 20, 2026 - The DSA updates the eCommerce Directive in EU law and applies to all online intermediaries offering services within the EU’s single market, regardless of their place of establishment. The DSA constitutes a fundamental shift in digital governance, moving beyond the 20-year-old e-Commerce Directive to address contemporary challenges including algorithmic manipulation, coordinated disinformation campaigns, and platform market concentration. The regulation operates in direct conjunction with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to establish comprehensive digital governance across the European Union.

February 22, 2024 - The Commission generally views these investigations as a series of confrontations where it can be seen as “tough” on DSA violators, according to Wezenbeek, but the regulatory body ultimately wants to build cooperative – not coercive – ...

Specifically, the bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish (1) a Digital Service Grant Program to provide grants to such governments to establish or support a digital service team, and (2) a Digital Service Planning ...