After 16 hours long negotiations, the #DSA is done! While the final text of the Act is not available yet, this is what we learned thus far 🧵
❌Safeguards that would prevent legally mandated upload filters and strengthen the protection of E2EE communication - both under Article 7 - are not included in the final text.
✅It seems that search engines will not be obliged to de-list illegal content/websites. The last minute proposal of @EP_Legal that would force search engines to de-list whole entire websites and indiscriminately scan the content is out.
❔Crisis Response Mechanism (new Art 27a) still allows the Commission to declare state of emergency across the EU. But now, it will have to act upon a recommendation of the Board.
❔The ban on the use of sensitive data in online targeting was watered down, very much repeating what is already in the #GDPR
✅No obligation of mandatory cellphone registration under #DSA! Image-based sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity are serious crimes that can hardly be remedied by reducing people's pseudonimity online.
❔Measure against dark patterns remains in the text. However, the open-ended list of platforms’ deceptive practices originally proposed by the @Europarl_EN was significantly shortened.
These are very first impressions that will be confirmed once the final text is available. Overall, the #DSA may cause change for the better. However, a number of progressive measures did not survive negotiations. Only the future will tell how far reaching that change will be.
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