Against illegal hate speech: Code of Con • Table.Briefings

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission — Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen welcomes the integration of the Code of Conduct against illegal hate speech into the DSA.

The voluntary Code of Conduct against illegal hate speech will become part of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This is intended to promote cooperation between platforms and authorities and improve implementation.

The voluntary code of conduct to combat illegal hate speech online (from 2016) will become part of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in a revised form as the Code of Conduct+. This was announced by the Commission on Monday. Signatories to the code include Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Microsoft Hosted Consumer Services, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube. In contrast to the Code of Practice on Disinformation, X is also still a signatory to the Code of Conduct+.

Against illegal hate speech: Code of Conduct becomes part of the DSA

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