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'Anything illegal offline is also illegal online': The Digital Services Act is officially in effect - Business

‘Anything illegal offline is also illegal online’: The Digital Services Act is officially in effect – Business

The The Digital Services Act (DSA) went into effect todayannounced by the European Commission. The new rules seek to create a safer and more responsible online environment, applying to all digital services that connect consumers to products, services or content.🇧🇷

This means that there are new commitments for online platforms, in order to reduce risks to consumers, and to offer a range of protections and user rights. The law commits digital platforms to new transparency measures, becoming an international standard for regulating the single market🇧🇷

Online platforms now have three months (until February 17) to inform active users of the new measures on their websites. The European Commission requires all platforms to notify it of their user numbers and based on that it will determine whether this is a large online platform or a search engine. After receiving their designation by the committee, the entities involved will have four months to comply with the DSA rules🇧🇷 The deadline for the bases to be fully operational is February 17, 2024.

DSA wants to ensure greater protection for users, following the principle of “Whatever is illegal offline is also illegal online.”🇧🇷 To this end, the new law brings Obligations for digital services and platforms that act as intermediaries in connecting consumers to goods, services, and contentincluding search engines, social networks, online marketplaces, and websites.

These services must be taken Measures to combat illegal online products, services and contentdefend Fundamental rights and privacy of user dataIncrease transparency and moderate content regulation responsible for the algorithms they use🇧🇷

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There are even “tougher” rules for online platforms and search engines that have more than 45 million monthly users.which will be imposed by the European Commission and which includes prevention of systemic risks, such as illegal content, violation of fundamental rights, disruption of electoral processes and violence, and is subject to independent audits.

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in Large platforms should give their users the option not to receive recommendations based on specific profilesin addition to facilitating access to data and algorithms by competent authorities or investigators.

Anyone who violates the rules imposed by the DSA will be punished with heavy fines. Although it is gradual and depends on the range and fines It can reach 6% of the global turnover of companies🇧🇷 In case of repeated violation of the law, national courts can ban companies from European territory.

It must be remembered that, in addition to the Digital Services Act, the digital package proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 creates a The new digital markets law (DMA), which organizes online competition and Published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October🇧🇷