Digital Services Act
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is EU-wide legislation that regulates online services. These include marketplaces, social networks, app stores, and online travel and accommodation platforms.
It requires these online services to take steps to make the internet safer for users by addressing harmful or illegal content on their sites. This new legislation will introduce rules that equally protect all users in the EU (including Ireland) regarding illegal goods, content or services, and their fundamental rights online.
Implementation of the DSA is monitored and enforced by national authorities designated by EU member states. These are called Digital Services Coordinators. Coimisiún na Meán is the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) designated in Ireland.
Under the DSA, providers of online platforms that are accessible to minors are required to put in place appropriate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security of minors on their service. The DSA also prohibits targeted advertising to minors based on profiling using their personal data of users of their services, when they can establish with reasonable certainty that the recipient of the service is a minor.