During this meeting, Digital Services Coordinators (DSCs) adopted the Board’s Annual Work Plan and the Terms of Reference for its Working Groups.
Moreover, the Board adopted its conclusions on the draft Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online and continued to discuss the conversion of the disinformation codes of conduct.
In addition, the Board discussed the latest developments on activities regarding the empowerment of the DSCs, their priorities, investigations, and other enforcement activities. The Commission presented its own enforcement activities since the last Board meeting.
Further, the Board was updated on risk assessments and audits.
Other points in the agenda included a reporting on the first Working Group meetings, and the ongoing work on age verification.
Finally, the Board was informed and discussed the Round Table in Moldova concerning the integrity of elections in accession countries.
The next Board meeting will take place online on 25 October.
Background
The DSA fully entered into application as of 17 February, and now applies to all online intermediaries in the EU. It also created the obligation for Member States to appoint and empower, by that date, Digital Services Coordinators, which are independent regulators that work with the Commission to ensure the correct application of the DSA in their respective areas of competence.
The European Board for Digital Services is an independent advisory group that will ensure that the DSA is applied consistently across the EU and will be consulted on the enforcement of the DSA.
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