On Wednesday 21 June, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the future transparent database of content moderation decisions, in accordance with the provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) (see EUROPE B13205A26), which will come into force on 25 August.
One of the DSA’s articles stipulates that the European Commission will set up a database listing the declarations of very large online platforms and search engines concerning the reasons why they have removed or...