DSA Agreement: No Filternet, But Human Rights Concerns Remain

The European Union reached another milestone late last week in its journey to pass the Digital Services Act (DSA) and revamp regulation of digital platforms to address a myriad of problems users face—from overbroad content takedown rules to weak personal data privacy safeguards. There’s a lot to like in the new DSA agreement EU lawmakers reached, and a lot to fear.

Based on what we have learned so far, the deal avoids transforming social networks and search engines into censorship …

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