A new EU law tightens content moderation requirements on major social media platforms. Large-scale social media platforms will be required to develop concrete plans to remove illegal content from their platforms. Platforms will also have to publicize details about the algorithms that recommend content to users, as well as giving them the option to opt out of these recommendation systems entirely. All of these ideas are steps in the right direction to lessening the addictive nature of social media and its harmful impacts on our mental health.
Will New EU Law Begin Holding Social Media To Account?
In aggregate, the DSA represents an important step forward. Content moderation is a very thorny problem, and it’s unlikely that the DSA will represent the final word on solving it. Policymakers may have to use their imaginations to explore solutions in a domain that is constantly evolving and expanding. Still, at the very least, this attempt will prove instructive and help policymakers learn important lessons and develop new ideas.
