National authority Communications (Anacom) is ready to enforce the European Digital Services Regulation (RSD), which came into force in February and which obliges major technology platforms to monitor and remove problematic content such as fake news, hate speech, content that incites gender-based violence or may pose a danger to minors.
The final report prepared by the RSD Implementation Working Group, which includes a proposal for a funding model and a sanctions regime that would allow technology companies to be fined based on their turnover, was submitted to the Government at the end of May and is now awaiting your confirmation.
Anacom is the competent authority for the supervision of the OSB, together with the Regulatory Authority for Social Communications (ERC) and IGAC – General Inspectorate for Cultural Activities. So far, 12 complaints have been received under this new legislation that are “under investigation” – some of them concerning Tema, Meta and Portal da Queixa – but it is expected that the competent authorities will receive between 10,000 and 100,000 complaints per year. For this reason, Sandra Maximiano, president of Anacom, defends the need to increase the literacy of users of this type of platform as part of the implementation of the regulation.
The regulator also plans to launch a “study to identify intermediary service providers,” make complaint forms publicly available and launch an awareness campaign against reports of illegal content and disinformation.
Author: Sonia Diaz
Source: CM Jornal
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