Description
The DSA, or Digital Services Act, is a European Union regulation that aims to strengthen the responsibility of online platforms regarding illegal content and misinformation.The DSA was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union in July 2022 and must come into force in January 2024.Platforms in the spotlight
The DSA applies to online platforms that provide public communication services on the internet, such as social networks, online marketplaces and search engines.These platforms are now required to take measures to fight against the dissemination of illegal content, such as hate, violence, child pornography and misinformation. These measures must be proportional to the risk posed by the illegal content in question.Online platforms must establish clear and accessible procedures for reporting illegal content to users. They must quickly remove illegal content reported to them.
Online platforms must also provide information to users about the measures they take to fight illegal content.
In case of non-compliance with the DSA, online platforms can be sanctioned by national authorities. Sanctions can go up to 6% of the platform's annual global revenue.
The DSA is an important regulation that aims to make the digital space safer and more respectful of fundamental rights. It should help fight the spread of hatred, violence and misinformation online.Focus on cyber harassmentThe DSA defines cyberbullying as "any intentionally harmful, repeated or threatening communication, transmitted electronically, particularly by email, instant messaging, social networks or online forums, which aims to undermine the dignity or reputation of a person or to create a hostile, threatening, degrading or humiliating environment for them".
The DSA provides that online platforms must take measures to fight the dissemination of content that constitutes cyberbullying.
These measures must include:
The establishment of reporting procedures specific to cyberbullying
Taking rapid measures to remove content that constitutes cyberbullying
Cooperation with national authorities responsible for fighting cyberbullying.
Online platforms must also take measures to prevent cyberbullying. These measures may include:
Training employees on cyberbullying risks
Raising user awareness of cyberbullying risks
Implementing prevention mechanisms, such as filters against hateful or violent content.
The DSA is an important regulation that aims to fight cyberbullying. It should help make the digital space safer for users, especially children and adolescents, who are the main victims of cyberbullying.
Here are some examples of content that may constitute cyberbullying:
Threatening, insulting or degrading messages
Defamatory or injurious comments
Distribution of compromising photos or videos without consent
Creation of fake profiles to harass someone
Exclusion from online groups
The DSA is a step forward in the fight against cyberbullying, but it's important to remember that prevention remains the best weapon against this scourge.
La publication de propos diffamatoires ou injurieux ;
La diffusion de photos ou de vidéos à caractère sexuel non consenties ;
La création de fausses rumeurs ou de fausses informations ;
Le piratage de comptes ou de données personnelles.
