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CRITICALEUAdded 2024-01-10
Ursula von der Leyen
President
European Commission
Freedom Threat Index72%
SEVERE THREAT TO SPEECH FREEDOM
Profile
President of the European Commission and architect of the Digital Services Act (DSA) — the EU's sweeping platform regulation law. The DSA imposes extensive content moderation obligations on large platforms and grants the Commission direct investigative and enforcement powers over speech online.
Key Actions & Positions
Championed the Digital Services Act imposing mandatory "systemic risk" mitigation on platforms
Launched DSA investigations into X, TikTok, Meta over alleged disinformation failures
Pushed Article 45 proposals that would have mandated client-side scanning (mass surveillance)
Oversaw creation of EU content moderation transparency requirements
Tags
DSAdigital-services-actplatform-liabilitydisinformation
Linked Incidents (4)
CRITICAL2025-12-01
EU Issues First-Ever DSA Fine — Against X
HIGH2024-07-12
European Commission Opens DSA Proceedings Against X, TikTok, Meta
HIGH2024-12-18
EU Threatens X with DSA Ban Over Content Moderation
CRITICAL2024-06-20
EU Chat Control (Article 45) — Proposal for Mass Scanning of Private Messages Advances
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