In a few months, the big digital platforms will no longer have a choice: if they want to continue operating on European territory, they will have to strictly comply with the future legislation on digital services and markets (DSA) and markets (DMA).
And Thierry Breton, the European commissioner in charge of digital, intends to carry out the application of the law. On Franceinfo, Thierry Breton thus announced the upcoming performance of “blank audits” to exchange with the platforms that will soon be affected by the law.
19 to 25 platforms in question
These inventories with the platforms will allow the European Commission to make clear what is expected of these services in a few months: more respect for people online, more protection of privacy but also more control of false news and effective transparency in the media. Communication. displayed restraint. So many topics that are currently linked to a strong opacity of Facebook, Twitter or TikTok.
The names of the platforms in question will be announced the following week to the European Commissioner. They will be “between 19 and 25” to have to submit to DMA and DSA legislation. “We are in the process of finalizing this list, but it will deal with platforms that have more than 45 million users on the European continent”, specifies Thierry Breton.
Twitter in viewer
And with its millions of users in Europe, Twitter should not escape. According to Thierry Breton, Elon Musk has even already accepted the proposal to carry out this audit in white. The European commissioner also intends to make the billionaire understand that recreation time is soon over.
Asked about the latest developments in the Twitter saga and the mess of the certifications of the social network, Thierry Breton limited himself to pointing out that he was “like many Twitter users” and that “he had not understood anything”.
Source: BFM TV
