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Digital Services Act (DSA)
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act)
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European Union Online platforms
- Status
- In force since 16 Nov 2022; applies to all intermediary services since 17 Feb 2024 (earlier for very large platforms).✓
- Who it applies to
- Intermediary services offered to users in the EU, wherever the provider is based. Tiers: all intermediaries; hosting services; online platforms incl. marketplaces; very large platforms/search engines (VLOPs/VLOSEs).✓
- Size thresholds
- VLOP/VLOSE: 45 million+ average monthly EU users. Micro and small enterprises get lighter obligations.✓
- Regulator
- National Digital Services Coordinators; European Commission for VLOPs/VLOSEs✓
- Data protection officer
- VLOPs/VLOSEs must appoint an independent compliance function; all providers need a single point of contact.✓
- Local representative
- Providers with no EU establishment must designate a legal representative in the EU.✓
- Maximum penalty
- Up to 6% of annual worldwide turnover.✓
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What you must do✓
- Publish a single point of contact and, if non-EU, appoint an EU legal representative.
- State content moderation rules clearly in your terms and conditions.
- Hosting: provide an easy notice-and-action tool for reporting illegal content.
- Platforms: offer an internal complaints process and ad transparency.
- VLOPs/VLOSEs: assess and mitigate systemic risks and publish transparency reports.
Recent changes
Commission issued its first DSA fines: X EUR 120m (5 Dec 2025, transparency) and Temu EUR 200m (28 May 2026, illegal-product risk assessment); further probes ongoing (e.g. TikTok, Meta, Shein).✓
Sources
- Primary source: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act
- Second source: https://www.cooley.com/services/practice/european-tech-regulation/digital-markets-competition-consumers/the-digital-services-act
- Regulator: National Digital Services Coordinators; European Commission for VLOPs/VLOSEs
Sources used for the independent check (9)
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-enforcement
- https://www.cooley.com/services/practice/european-tech-regulation/digital-markets-competition-consumers/the-digital-services-act
- https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/garrigues-digital/digital-services-act-dsa-46-questions
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2934
- https://europa.eu/newsroom/ecpc-failover/pdf/ip-26-1178_en.pdf
- https://www.loyensloeff.com/insights/news--events/news/dsa-enforcement-in-practice-from-rules-to-commitments-and-fines/
- https://eucrim.eu/news/eu-fines-x-120-million-in-first-dsa-non-compliance-decision/
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