Elon Musk, who bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars, and Thierry Breton, a senior EU commission member, brought strict rules to technology companies, especially social media platforms of the European Union. Digital Services Act (DSA) met to discuss.
The law, which is expected to come into force in 2024, is especially harmful to terrorism, sexual abuse of children, hate speech, etc. circulating on social media. It foresees the prevention of content and imposing obligations on companies at this point. Companies will be fined up to 6 percent of their global annual revenues for non-compliance with the rules.
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The Digital Services Law, which is based on the principle that illegal content in real life is also considered illegal in social media, was also on the agenda of Elon Musk.
EU commissioner Thierry Breton “I am happy to announce to you our new regulation in Europe, DSA. And I think you understand very well now.” After saying that, Musk conveyed his ideas as follows:
It fits perfectly with the thought in my head. Anything my companies can do will be beneficial for Europe, and that’s what we want to do.
Europe takes the lead with new law
With the Digital Services Act, the period when social media platforms set their own removal policies is coming to an end. As Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, stated, content that is considered illegal under the DSA will be stopped from spreading online.
Some of the obligations imposed on social media platforms are as follows:
- Targeted figures based on a person’s sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity are prohibited.
- Big platforms like Facebook will make the working of recommendation algorithms transparent to users.
- Major online platforms will provide important data to researchers ‘to provide more insight into how online risks are evolving’.
- Major platforms will have to offer new strategies to deal with misinformation during the crisis.
- Online platforms and hosting services should clearly explain why they are removing illegal content and allow users to object to the takedown.
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