The Commission and the European Board for Digital Services have officially integrated the voluntary Code of Practice on Countering Disinformation into the legal framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This recognition under Article 45 of the DSA allows companies that comply with the Code to demonstrate their actions as risk mitigation strategies under the DSA. All major platforms, with the exception of X, but also civil society organizations and fact-checkers have signed up. However, with restrictions.