BUT The Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect today.announced by the European Commission. The new rules aim to create a safer and more responsible online environment, applicable to all digital services that connect consumers with products, services or content..
This means that there are new obligations for online platforms to reduce risks for consumers by introducing a set of protections and user rights. The law obliges digital platforms to new transparency measures, becoming the international benchmark for regulation of the Single Market..
Online platforms now have three months (until February 17) to inform active users about the new measures on their sites. The European Commission is asking all platforms to provide it with their user numbers and use them to determine whether it is a major online platform or a search engine. Once appointed by the Commission, eligible entities will have four months to comply with DSA rules.🇧🇷 The final date for the rules to come into full force is February 17, 2024.
DSA wants to provide more protection to users by following the principle of “everything that is illegal offline is also illegal online.”🇧🇷 To this end, the law introduces new obligations for digital services and platforms that act as intermediaries in connecting consumers to goods, services and contentincluding search engines, social networks, online marketplaces and websites.
These services will have to take measures to combat illegal products, services and content on the Internetprotect basic rights and privacy of user dataincrease transparency, regulate content moderation, and responsibility for the algorithms they use.
There are even tougher rules for online platforms and search engines that have over 45 million monthly users.which will be introduced by the European Commission and which include the prevention of systemic risks such as illegal content, violation of fundamental rights, disruption of electoral processes and violence, subject to independent verification.
As Major platforms should provide their users with the option not to be recommended based on certain profiles.in addition to facilitating access to data and algorithms for competent authorities or investigators.
Anyone who violates the rules set by the DSA will be subject to a large fine. Although they are gradual and scale dependent, the penalties can reach 6% of the global turnover of companies🇧🇷 In the event of a repeated violation of the law, national courts can even prohibit companies from entering Europe.
It should be remembered that, in addition to the Digital Services Act, the digital package proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 creates new Digital Markets Law (DMA), which governs online competition and was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October..
