🚨BIG news: after months of intense discussions & 16 hours of negotiations into the early morning, the #EU has reached a deal on the Digital Services Act! A landmark moment in the history of Internet regulation, promising greater accountability of Big Tech amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Big wins in the #DSA include:
- A ban on targeted ads to children. - A ban on profiling based on sensitive personal data.
- A ban on using deceptive online design interfaces (dark patterns).
- Independent yearly audits.
- A ban on targeted ads to children. - A ban on profiling based on sensitive personal data.
- A ban on using deceptive online design interfaces (dark patterns).
- Independent yearly audits.
- Regulators & third-party researchers, including civil society, granted access to platform data and insights into their algorithmic ‘black boxes’.
These are HUGE wins in light of the decades-long regulatory Wild West in which Big Tech companies have been allowed to operate.
These are HUGE wins in light of the decades-long regulatory Wild West in which Big Tech companies have been allowed to operate.
“The #DSA moves us towards an online world that better respects our human rights by effectively putting the brakes on Big Tech’s unchecked power,” says @claudiaprettner.
“For too long, our most intimate data has been weaponized to undermine our right to privacy, amplify disinformation, fuel racism, and even influence our own beliefs and opinions.” @claudiaprettner
“The #DSA will finally protect EU citizens from intrusive data harvesting and ads that use personal information – such as religious beliefs, political opinion or sexual preferences – in ways we would have never expected or wanted.” @claudiaprettner
By taking a systemic approach to tackling abuses, the #DSA will help to protect core human values – dignity, autonomy & privacy. It marks a 1st step towards overhauling Big Tech’s dominant profit-led, surveillance-based business model to one that must mitigate human rights risks.
As we know with all new legislation, the devil is in the details and our next big work will be to ensure effective and robust implementation & enforcement of the #DSA provisions. The most important work begins now.
Massive congratulations to colleagues & civil society partners who worked tirelessly to ensure the strongest protections in the #DSA @claudiaprettner @little_a91 @JoeWestby @TanyaOCarroll @PeopleVsBigTech @NienkePalstra @AshaOAllen @edri @Alaphia @SumOfUs @A__W______O + others 👏🏽
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