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The Digital Services Act — a case-study in keeping public in dark

On Tuesday (5 July) the European Parliament will have its final vote on a key set of rules meant to make online platforms safer: the Digital Services Act. This new regulatory pack is expected to improve the way big platforms deal with illegal content, the automatic ranking of content and surveillance advertising.

Citizens have been especially interested in the development of this proposal, aware of its possible impact in their liv...

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

Author Bio

Margarida Silva is Big Tech researcher at the Center for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO). Luisa Izuzquiza is FragDenStaat’s [Ask The State] Brussels Liaison Officer. Felix Duffy is researcher and campaigner at Lobbycontrol.

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