Published: November 13th, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

It became clear early on that enforcing the Digital Services Act would not be a piece of cake. However, the way companies deal with Brussels legislation has changed: Unlike with the General Data Protection Regulation, „Big Tech“ did not even try to pretend that everything was fine. Instead, many companies tried to comply with the letter of the law and thus their obligations as early as possible, according to senior EU officials. Despite all the letters from Commissioner Thierry Breton and various requests for information – Meta and Snap recently received two more such formal requests on Friday: Not a bad start, according to the Biggest Tech supervisors in Brussels.