The DSA: the platform law behind the new report buttons

The Digital Services Act (2022/2065) regulates platforms’ responsibilities; the biggest — “very large online platforms” over 45m EU users — carry the heaviest duties under direct Commission supervision. What it gives you, concretely: working notice-and-action for illegal content (the reason takedown flows for NCII and doxxing now have teeth); a statement of reasons for every moderation decision against you plus an appeal route and out-of-court dispute bodies; ad transparency — why you saw an ad, searchable ad repositories, and bans on targeting minors or using special-category data for ads; a ban on dark patterns (Art. 25 — see the bestiary); and recommender transparency, including a non-profiling feed option on the giants. Enforcement is no longer theoretical: X fined €120m, Temu €200m, addictive-design charges pending against Meta and TikTok — the running scoreboard lives on What’s changing. DSA vs GDPR in one line: the GDPR governs what anyone does with your data; the DSA governs how platforms run their house. Your complaints route to your national Digital Services Coordinator — or, for the giants, feed Commission cases via those very report buttons.