Today's a great day for more accountability online! For the 1st time, 19 big online platforms have to abide by strict rules in Europe.
With the #DSA, they've to assess their risk for society & democracy & take measures. If they don’t: they're fined, or risk their service banned
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650858591728062464
Source for this list of VLOPs #DigitalServicesAct #DSA:
RT @ThierryBreton: With great scale comes great responsibility 🇪🇺
Extra #DSA obligations as of 25 August for:
AliExpress
Amazon Store
AppStore
Bing
Booking
Facebook
Google Maps
Google Play
Google Search
Google Shopping
Instagram
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Snapchat
TikTok
Twitter
Wikipedia
YouTube
Zalando https://t.co/CVmDuzkKe9
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650859785720578050
Next steps I: These platforms now have 4 months to comply & pay a supervisory fee to the EU Commission who will monitor and enforce the #DSA rules applying to them. The platforms will have to carry out risk assessments and identify measures to take. They'll be subject to audits.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650860850671157252
Next steps II: Researchers can request access to online platform data. But this has to wait until Member States are ready & application date (17 February 2024).
BUT: The Com is also looking into porn platforms 👀, which could be added to the list of VLOPs in a 2nd batch #DSA
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650861907774177293
Example: Twitter has recently allowed more state-sponsored propaganda, with Chinese, Russian & Iranian disinformation skyrocketing as a consequence. Now Twitter must assess whether this has „any actual or foreseeable negative effects on civic discourse and electoral processes“
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650860397313024000
These are the Very Large Online Platforms #DSA:
8 social media: TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube
2 AppStores: Google, Apple
5 Marketplaces: AliExpress, Amazon, Booking, Google, Zalando
1 map: Google
2 search: Google, Bing
Wikipedia
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlexandraGeese/status/1650859627213627397