We have sent Amazon a request for information under the Digital Services Act.
We are seeking more information on the measures taken to comply with the DSA obligations related to:
🔹 the transparency of recommender systems and their parameters;
🔹 the provisions on maintaining an ad repository;
🔹 its risk assessment report.
Based on the assessment of the replies – to be provided by 26 July 2024, we will assess the next steps.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!T7f8QM
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Today, we have designated XNXX as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act.
By mid-November 2024, XNXX will have to comply with the most stringent rules under the #DSA, including:
➡ Protect users online
➡ Prevent minors from accessing pornographic content online
➡ Provide access to publicly available data to researchers
➡ Publish a repository of ads
We will keep closely monitoring market developments and ensure full compliance.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!JcxxmP
đź”´ We have closed our first case under the Digital Services Act.
TikTok has committed to permanently withdraw the TikTok Lite Rewards programme from the EU.
The platform has also committed not to launch any other programme which would circumvent the withdrawal.
We will carefully monitor TikTok's legally binding commitments. Any breach would immediately amount to a breach of the DSA and could lead to fines.
More: https://europa.eu/!8Y3bPd
Online platforms should ensure children’s rights and best interests when designing their services.
The Digital Services Act requires it.
We are seeking feedback for our upcoming guidelines on protecting minors online, including best practices and ways to reduce potential risks.
Once adopted, it will guide online platforms in implementing high levels of privacy, safety, and security.
Have your say: https://europa.eu/!3hrPX3
We sent a new request for information to Meta under the Digital Services Act.
After Meta discontinued CrowdTangle and its election monitoring tools, we seek clarity on their compliance for researcher data access and plans for updating election and civic discourse monitoring tools.
The Company must provide information – and possibly remedies to the raised issues – by 6 September 2024, or face potential fines.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!MTBKvR
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We have requested information from YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok about the design of their recommender systems under the Digital Services Act.
YouTube and Snapchat need to detail their algorithms’ parameters and their role in amplifying risks, including users' mental well-being and protection of minors.
TikTok must explain measures against manipulation and risks to elections, media pluralism, and civic discourse.
ℹ️ More: https://europa.eu/!WpdMQY
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The research community is vital in scrutinising and safeguarding the online environment.
Today, we have launched a public consultation on the rules for researchers to access online platform data under the Digital Services Act.
With the #DSA, researchers will for the first time have access to data to study systemic risks and to assess online platforms’ risk mitigation measures in the #EU.
Have your say 👉
https://europa.eu/!8q9Y9T
We have opened formal proceedings to assess whether Temu may have breached the Digital Services Act in areas linked to:
▪️ Sale of illegal products
▪️ Potentially addictive design of the service
▪️ Purchase recommendations
▪️ Access to data for researchers
More: https://europa.eu/!4m8GPM
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A new era of transparency and accountability to the tech industry.
For the first time, the first 19 very large online platforms and search engines must publish their annual risk assessment and audit reports under the Digital Services Act.
These reports must include assessment and mitigation measures for risks stemming from their services, including:
👉 dissemination of illegal content;
👉 disinformation;
👉 protection of minors.
More: https://europa.eu/!pVvBDt
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Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.
This follows recent declassified information pointing to foreign interference from Russia.
We are also intensifying contacts with digital and cyber regulators across Europe in light of emerging evidence of systematic inauthentic activity.
A key step to enforce the Digital Services Act.
More: https://europa.eu/!fN4Xt6
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Together, for a Europe united against hatred.
Today, a revised Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online is being integrated into the framework of the Digital Services Act.
The new Code will strengthen how online platforms deal with content that EU and national laws define as illegal hate speech.
It will also facilitate compliance with and the effective enforcement of the DSA regarding risks of disseminating illegal content on their services.
ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!cmmGdj
Today, we have opened formal proceedings against TikTok for a suspected breach of the Digital Services Act.
Following serious indications that foreign actors interfered by using TikTok in the Romanian presidential elections, we are now thoroughly investigating whether TikTok has violated the DSA by failing to tackle such risks.
We must protect our democracies from any foreign interference.
More: https://europa.eu/!w7DbvY
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Today, we requested information from Shein under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
This regards risks linked to illegal content and goods on its marketplace, the transparency of its recommender systems, and the access to data for qualified researchers.
45+ million Europeans use Shein. They can count on us to enforce their DSA rights.
Find out more ➡️ https://europa.eu/!qcjGcw
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I must have picked twenty #tomatoes from one #plant over the past two weeks. I wish I had someone to #share them with, because they're perfectly ripe and super flavorful.
My great-great-grandfather grew tomatoes for #survival money after he immigrated from #Sicily. The #FarmersMarket he sold them at is still around and one of my favorite places, but it's in a different place. It turns out that the local #DSA chapter meets near where it used to be.
We’re issuing new guidelines under the Digital Services Act to protect minors online.
These recommendations target:
➡️️ Addictive design
➡️ Cyberbullying
➡️ Harmful content
➡️ Unwanted contact from strangers
We will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the online world while minimising risks and exposure to harmful content.
https://europa.eu/!QvQBqR
#RonaldoLemos explica importância do #Art19: : "O ponto fundamental, é que regulação de bigtech não é igual a regulação de Internet.
...muitos ministros são influenciados pelo pensamento europeu, mas o #DSA se aplica somente às Plataformas Muito Grandes, que eles chamam de "Very Large Online Platforms", que são as que tem mais de 45 milhões de usuários. Eles não tratam as BigTechs como eles tratam os Foruns da Internet, os blogs, as caixas de comentários."
https://youtu.be/o2lZowv2J84?si=Nc5hLCrgPtwRbiof&t=843