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DSA: Digital Services Act goes to the Federal Cabinet

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Published: December 20th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Bundesdigitalminister Volker Wissing und Binnenmarktkommissar Thierry Breton beim Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council Roundtable (Telecommunications) am 5. Dezember 2023 in Brüssel.
Germany’s Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) in conversation with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.

With the Digital Services Act (DDG), the national regulations accompanying the Digital Services Act are being brought into law after months of dispute and a significant delay. The distribution of responsibilities between the German supervisory authorities in the DDG remained controversial until the very end. Up until the beginning of December, the question of whether federal authorities or state media authorities should be responsible for content controls and what would become of the positions of the Federal Office of Justice, which had previously been in charge of the Network Enforcement Act, was still being debated. Another point of contention was whether, in addition to the role of Digital Service Coordinator at the Federal Network Agency, further related responsibilities should be assigned to the authority in Bonn – thus taking a further step towards a digital agency.

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