In the wake of the EU elections, those at the helm of the bloc are working to make the already contentious Digital Services Act (DSA) – which critics say is a sweeping censorship law – even more controversial.
Namely, EU regulators now want to make what was previously a set of “voluntary” guidelines implemented by online platforms – the Code of Practice on Disinformation – a formal part of the DSA.
This is the stance taken by the Digital Services Board, which just issued a report that now wants that “voluntary code” to be “swiftly converted” so that it becomes subject to the DSA. The Board consists of coordinators from the EU’s nation-states.
The report said their demand to bring the Code under the DSA umbrella is supported by the EU Commission (EC).
