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Today, we designated them as very large online platforms as they meet the user thresholds for stricter #DSA obligations.

It will allow for higher scrutiny and accountability of their algorithms and processes.

The Digital Services Act is here to ensure technology respects the fundamental rights of European citizens.

We will continue to designate platforms that meet the thresholds and ensure they comply with their DSA obligations.

More: https://europa.eu/!p3FJ7t

#EU

🇬🇧 New Rules for #BigTech? The EU's Digital Services Act (#DSA) does not protect you from the surveillance capitalist business model, including highly problematic timeline algorithms and platform censorship.

My comment: https://t.co/aQ59piYHJT https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/industry-friendly-eu-digital-services-act-leaves-big-tech-business-model-intact/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

No democracy without press freedom.

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we stand together to defend the fundamental right to press freedom and media independence – and to honour those who have sacrificed their lives to bring us the truth.

But we don't just pay lip service to this ideal. With the European Media Freedom Act, the #DSA and the fight against SLAPPs, we're committed to protecting media professionals.

Let's promote a society where the free flow of information is valued and defended.

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He endorses #interoperability mandates which would required dominant platforms to connect to the fediverse (facilitating their users' departure), like the ones in the EU's #DSA and #DMA, and proposed in US legislation like the #ACCESSAct:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperability-rule-addresses-important-need-raises

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The EU Digital Markets Act’s Interoperability Rule Addresses An Important Need, But Raises Difficult Security Problems for Encrypted Messaging

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) allows new messaging services to demand interoperability (the ability to exchange messages) from the internet's largest messaging services (like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage).

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}