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The Digital Services Act (DSA) was approved by the EU Council at the end of October 2022 and is due to be implemented at the beginning of 2024. The DSA aims to strengthen the protection of European internet users by imposing new obligations on digital operators with regard to the legality of content, the transparency of recommendation and advertising mechanisms, and the risks of disinformation. Its implementation has major implications for these operators and presents challenges for regulators.
Operators will have to implement significant and probably costly operational changes to comply with the new obligations (and to avoid penalties of up to 6% of turnover). They will also have to share commercially sensitive information, such as algorithms and key data, with the authorities, auditors and accredited researchers. In regulatory terms, the application of the DSA will be the responsibility of the national authorities, except in the case of very large operators, which will be supervised by the Commission.
This implies coordination between the regulators of the various Member States, the Commission, and potentially between the various authorities responsible for supervising the digital sector at national level, in order to ensure the consistency of decisions that have an impact on operators.
To discuss these various challenges for regulators and operators alike, the Governance and Regulation Chair organised a breakfast debate at Dauphine on Thursday 16 March 2023, with the following speakers:
- Jean Cattan, General Secretary, National Digital Council (CNNUM)
- Eric Garandeau, Director of Public Affairs, TikTok France
- Benoit Loutrel, Member of the College, Chairman of the "Supervision of online platforms" working group, ARCOM
Debate moderated by Luis Campos, Associate Director, Frontier Economics
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The full replay of the event is available here. French
See also the written summary. French
