After months of anticipation, Brussels has revealed its most ambitious set of rules on Big Tech in years, but the publication of the draft regulations marked only the end of the beginning, rather than the beginning of the end.
The proposals, released by European Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager and single market commissioner Thierry Breton, will now be scrutinised by the European parliament and Council of ministers before being adopted into law. This will entail years of complex legislative and legal debate.
EU regulators want to tackle digital giants on two fronts. With the Digital Services Act, the EU wants to impose more responsibility on the likes of Facebook for taking down illegal content. The Digital Markets Act is aimed at curbing the growing power of platforms seen as “too big to care”.
You can find a comprehensive read about why the EU wants to regulate Big Tech here. And you can find details on the two legislative proposals