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Europe’s Digital Services Package: What It Means for Online Services and Big Tech

The EU recently passed comprehensive legislation on platform monitoring, digital free speech, and antitrust, largely directed at Big Tech. On July 5, 2022, the European Parliament adopted the Digital Services Package, comprised of the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) and the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) and first proposed by the European Commission in December 2020. The European Council of Ministers will sign the bills into law this September, and they will take effect in early 2024 (though Big Tech will have to comply within months of entry into force). The Digital Services Package is touted as a “global first,” promising to “safeguard[] freedom of expression and opportunities for digital businesses.” After years of growing tech reliance and tech consolidation, “Democracy is back.”
- Access to Information
- Data Security
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Online Harassment
- Social Media Privacy
- Analysis
Online Harassment
- Online Harassment
EPIC to Congress: Reform Section 230
- Online Harassment
- Updates
The PACT Act and Section 230: The Impact of the Law that Helped Create the Internet and an Examination of Proposed Reforms for Today’s Online World
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Online Harassment
- Testimony
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves EARN IT Act
- Online Harassment
- Updates
EPIC Backs Strong Crypto and 230 Reform
- Cybersecurity
- Encryption
- Online Harassment
- Updates
The EARN IT Act: Holding the Tech Industry Accountable in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation
- Cybersecurity
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Encryption
- Online Harassment
- Testimony
Facebook Announces Deepfakes Ban
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Danielle Citron Testifies on Corporate Responsibility for Online Activity
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Top European Court Rules Global Takedown of Defamatory Content Permissible
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- Online Harassment
- Updates

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