DSA: State media authorities rush to Bre • Table.Briefings

DSA: Bringing the complicated German administrative and constitutional law into line with the requirements of the European regulation for national implementation remains unresolved.

EU Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton needs concrete cases to be able to initiate proceedings against the largest operators under the DSA. The authorities from Germany, of all places, who could come away empty-handed in the German tussle over responsibilities, are providing him with most of them.

As part of the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the German state media authorities have so far reported 510 pieces of content to the EU Commission. The German media regulators have identified potential legal infringements or classified them as borderline cases. Tobias Schmid, Director of the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia, emphasized that EU Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton is dependent on such submissions over and above writing letters. Otherwise: „No cases, no risk, no procedure.“

DSA: State media authorities rush to Breton’s aid

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