VLOPs

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06/12/2025

French Authorities Target Social Media for Adult Content Regulation

France is moving to classify certain social media platforms as porn sites, requiring strict age checks under new rules, despite complex EU digital law challenges.

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05/28/2025

EU Commission Investigates Adult Sites for DSA Child Protection Violations

The European Commission is investigating major adult platforms for DSA breaches on minors’ protection, while Member States target smaller sites and advance EU-wide age verification solutions.

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02/17/2025

Disinformation Code Adopted into EU’s Digital Services Act

The integration of the Code of Practice on Disinformation into the DSA framework strengthens compliance measures for major platforms, addressing disinformation while upholding free speech and transparency.

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02/11/2025

Digital Services Act Reporting Obligations Approaches

The EU’s Digital Services Act requires hosting services, online platforms, VLOPs, and VLOSEs to publish detailed transparency reports by February 16, 2025, with varying disclosure requirements.

02/11/2025

Shein gets more questions from EU about DSA compliance

The EU intensifies scrutiny of Shein under the Digital Services Act, demanding transparency and data access to ensure compliance with consumer protection and algorithmic transparency rules.

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11/28/2024

EU Commission Adopts Transparency Rules for Digital Services Act

The European Commission’s new regulation under the DSA standardizes transparency reporting for intermediary services, enhancing accountability in EU digital services.

11/27/2024

Bluesky under EU scrutiny for missing user data

Bluesky faces EU compliance challenges under the Digital Services Act as it approaches significant user growth, yet struggles to meet reporting and legal representation obligations.

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10/01/2024

Six EU countries call for tough DSA action against platforms like Shein, Temu

Six EU nations call for unified enforcement of the Digital Services Act against major e-commerce platforms to ensure compliance and consumer safety.

08/01/2024

Digital Services Act one year on

The EU’s Digital Services Act enforcement intensifies with ongoing probes into major platforms like Meta and TikTok, while some member states lag in appointing necessary regulators.