{"id":1995,"date":"2021-05-18T08:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2021-05-18T08:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:46:42","slug":"mozilla-publishes-position-paper-on-eu-digital-services-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2021\/05\/18\/mozilla-publishes-position-paper-on-eu-digital-services-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla publishes position paper on EU Digital Services Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December 2020 the European Commission published the draft EU Digital Services Act. The law seeks to establish a new paradigm for tech sector regulation, and we see it as a crucial opportunity<\/a> to address many of the challenges holding back the internet from what it should be. As EU lawmakers start to consider amendments and improvements to the draft law, today we\u2019re publishing our substantive perspectives and recommendations<\/a> to guide those deliberations.<\/p>\n

We are encouraged that the draft DSA includes many of the policy recommendations<\/a> that Mozilla and our allies had advocated for in recent years. For that we commend the European Commission. However, many elements of the DSA are novel and complex, and so there is a need for elaboration and clarification in the legislative mark-up phase. We believe that with targeted amendments the DSA has the potential to serve as the effective, balanced, and future-proof legal framework.<\/p>\n

Given the sheer breath of the DSA, we\u2019re choosing to focus on the elements where we believe we have a unique contribution to make, and where we believe the DSA can constitute a real paradigm shift. That is not to say we don\u2019t have thoughts on the other elements of the proposal, and we look forward to supporting our allies in industry and civil society who are focusing their efforts elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Broadly speaking, our position<\/a> can be summarised as follows:<\/p>\n

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