DSA provisions for minors – user-friendly factsheet

In October 2022, the European Commission launched the Digital Services Act (DSA) package – a series of rules and regulations for online platform providers aimed to create a safer digital space for all users – with some rules that are specially designed to protect minors online – where fundamental rights are respected and protected.

The DSA sets out clear due diligence obligations for online platforms and other online intermediaries. For example, under the new rules, any user will be able to flag illegal content, and will also have a clear means of contesting platforms' content moderation, both to the platform and through out-of-court mechanisms in their country. You can access the full text of the DSA here (in all official EU languages).

The BIK team has worked on a user-friendly factsheet which collects and summarises, in a few pages, the main content of the articles of the DSA that focus specifically on the protection of children and young people online.

The factsheet was recently presented at the DSA stakeholder event (see also the article below); an opportunity for stakeholders to provide input to the Commission ahead of the enforcement of the DSA, and network with platform representatives, as well as national and EU policymakers.

Read and download the English version of the factsheet here. The factsheet will soon be translated and made available in a range of EU and non-EU languages.

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