SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital

Commission urges large platforms to adapt their risk mitigation policies ahead of European elections

Brussels, 26/03/24 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission published, on Tuesday 26 March, a document setting out the main risk mitigation guidelines for digital platforms in the run-up to the European elections.

Using the Digital Services Act (DSA) (see EUROPE B13352A7) as a legislative basis, the Commission wants to push the VLOPs (‘Very Large Online Platforms’, such as X, Facebook, Google or TikTok) to put in place a whole series of measures to counter the proliferation of dangerous or erroneous content during the...