The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has come under American fire since the second Trump Administration took office, and understandably so. It is, in no small part, a landmark ‘content moderation’ act, that gives the relevant European authorities the ability to flag and effectively force the removal of digital content they deem problematic.
While the European Commission is quick to highlight what it describes as the “empowering” effects of the DSA, it’s obviously not so quick to acknowledge the downsides. Primarily, the potential for politically-motivated, censorious content policing.
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