Use the Digital Services Act to make democracy prevail over platform interests, RSF tells EU

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the European Union to not let slip the historic opportunity provided by the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) to make democracy prevail over the interests of the dominant digital platforms. As the online information chaos created by the platforms poses a major danger to democracy, the EU must ensure that the DSA includes all necessary democratic safeguards, especially safeguards that strengthen the independence and reliability of news and information, RSF says. An important first step was taken on 26 May when the European Commission published new guidance…

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