EU to enforce social media laws despite US pressure, Commission VP Henna Virkkunen says
Legislation will ensure a fair, democratic and safe digital environment, European Commission Executive Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen told Euronews.
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Legislation will ensure a fair, democratic and safe digital environment, European Commission Executive Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen told Euronews.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/01/eu-to-enforce-social-media-laws-despite-us-pressure-henna-virkkunen-says
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00:00The European Union is sticking to its plans to enforce new laws on social media platforms
00:06like X, TikTok and Facebook despite pressure from the U.S.
00:10In an interview with Euronews, European Commission Executive Vice President Hanna Varkunen, who
00:15oversees security and technology, explains that these laws are vital to protecting democracy
00:22from disinformation and market abuses.
00:25Our rules are very fair because they are same rules for everybody who is operating and doing
00:29business in the European Union.
00:31So we have same rules for the European companies, for American companies, for the Chinese companies.
00:36The Digital Services Act, which addresses disinformation, and the Digital Markets Act,
00:41aimed at ensuring a fair digital economy, have come under significant scrutiny from
00:46Donald Trump's prominent advisor, Elon Musk.
00:49You will not resile from implementing the DSA and DMA where and when needed, despite
00:58the confrontation with the United States.
01:00It's super important for us that we are fully enforcing DMA and DSA because when it comes
01:05to DMA there, we want to make sure that the big players, that they are not the dominant
01:12players.
01:13They are not misusing their market power, that also new innovations can enter to the
01:18markets in the European Union.
01:19And DSA is very much for making sure that illegal content and products are taken down
01:25and we have safe and democratic, fair environment.
01:30You can hear the full interview of the Europe Conversation on Thursday.