The draft Digital Services Act (DSA), published by the EU Commission in December 2020, seeks to build a safer and better Internet for all EU citizens. Unfortunately, despite introducing some promising new elements like transparency and auditing requirements, the draft potentially falls short of its main objective.

At this online event, we will examine in depth the positive and negative aspects of the draft DSA. The discussion will focus on the question if this legislation will be capable of protecting EU citizens better from online harms.

EVENT AGENDA:

Opening remarks by Lucinda Creighton, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Europe.

Panelists:

Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor, European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers

Josephine Ballon, Head of Legal, HateAid

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

The event will be moderated by Hanna Gleiß of Das NETTZ (networking initiative against hate speech, betterplace lab)

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the issues with the speakers following their respective presentations in Q&A segments. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues.

The webinar will be held in English via Zoom on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at 09:00 a.m. ET / 15:00 CEST.

Registration is now closed.