Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Silencing Free Speech? Washington and Civil Groups Sound the Alarm - Commonwealth Union

Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Silencing Free Speech? Washington and Civil Groups Sound the Alarm - Commonwealth Union

European regulators are facing major scrutiny as conversation intensifies over the Digital Services Act (DSA) and its impact on online free speech, both within the EU and abroad. The European Commission’s recent self-assessment, presented as an affirmation of the law’s safeguards, has instead widened divisions among policymakers, civil society groups, and foreign governments. While the Commission repeated its long-held position that the DSA is “…