Rita Wezenbeek
@rita-wezenbeek.bsky.social
Director Platforms, DG CNECT, European Commission - views are my own.
Very productive pre-Christmas meeting with the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group:
Fifth meeting of the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group
Digital regulators discuss future role of DMA High-Level group and endorse joint paper on possible cooperation on Artificial Intelligence
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Very productive pre-Christmas meeting with the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group:
Good news for EU Facebook and Instagram users: as of January they will have the option to receive ads that are less based on their personal data:
Meta commits to give EU users choice on personalised ads under DMA
The European Commission acknowledges Meta's undertaking to offer users in the EU an alternative choice of Facebook and Instagram services that would show them less personalised ads, to comply with the...
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Good news for EU Facebook and Instagram users: as of January they will have the option to receive ads that are less based on their personal data:
Second set of commitments by TikTok, this time on advertising repositories allowing regulators, researchers and users in general to better identify scams:
Commission accepts TikTok\'s commitments on advertising transparency under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission secured TikTok\'s commitment to provide advertising repositories that ensure full transparency around ads on its services, as required by the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Second set of commitments by TikTok, this time on advertising repositories allowing regulators, researchers and users in general to better identify scams:
Final decision in first X investigation on deceptive design of “blue checkmark”, data access for researchers and transparency on advertising:
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Final decision in first X investigation on deceptive design of “blue checkmark”, data access for researchers and transparency on advertising:
Two more candidates for DMA designation to assess during the coming weeks:
Commission receives notifications from Apple under the Digital Markets Act
The Commission received notifications from Apple indicating that its core platform services, Apple Ads and Apple Maps, meet the Digital Markets Act (DMA) thresholds.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two more candidates for DMA designation to assess during the coming weeks:
In the EU, all online platforms have to offer a tool allowing the reporting of illegal content. Good to know before Black Friday…
Fighting online scams with DSA
The notice and action mechanism under the DSA is a tool provided by platforms to report illegal content, including online shopping scams and financial frauds.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In the EU, all online platforms have to offer a tool allowing the reporting of illegal content. Good to know before Black Friday…
Today, further questions were asked to Shein following preliminary indications that illegal goods were offered on their market place in France.
Commission requests Shein to provide information on the sale of illegal products under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission has sent a request for information to Shein under the Digital Services Act (DSA), following preliminary indications that illegal goods, particularly child-like sex dolls...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today, further questions were asked to Shein following preliminary indications that illegal goods were offered on their market place in France.
Commission report evaluating the DSA’s interaction with (54!) other EU laws, ia. on data protection and privacy, audiovisual, media, IP, consumer policy and product safety, and demoracy. Great tool for assessing sector-specific legislation in online world:
Commission evaluates the Digital Services Act’s interaction with other EU laws and its designation threshold for VLOPs and VLOSEs
The Commission published a report assessing the Digital Services Act's (DSA) interaction with other EU laws and its designation process for very large online platforms and search engines.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Commission report evaluating the DSA’s interaction with (54!) other EU laws, ia. on data protection and privacy, audiovisual, media, IP, consumer policy and product safety, and demoracy. Great tool for assessing sector-specific legislation in online world:
Another very productive meeting of the European Board for Digital Services with report on prominent risks, 2026 annual work plan, Art 91 DSA report and actions on financial scams:
Press statement of the European Board for Digital Services following its 16th meeting
On 18 November 2025, the European Board for Digital Services (the Board) convened in Brussels for its 16th regular meeting.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Another very productive meeting of the European Board for Digital Services with report on prominent risks, 2026 annual work plan, Art 91 DSA report and actions on financial scams:
ICYMI: Yesterday, market investigations were launched on potential designation of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services under the DMA. A third investigation will assess whether the DMA is equipped to address fairness and contestability issues in cloud:
Commission launches market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act
The European Commission opened three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
ec.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday, market investigations were launched on potential designation of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services under the DMA. A third investigation will assess whether the DMA is equipped to address fairness and contestability issues in cloud:
Investigation launched to assess whether Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy infringes the DMA’s obligations to apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to Google Search's ranking👇
Commission opens investigation into potential Digital Markets Act breach by Google in demoting media publishers\' content in search results
Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers\' websites on Google Search...
ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Investigation launched to assess whether Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy infringes the DMA’s obligations to apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to Google Search's ranking👇
Milestone for independent research into systemic risks stemming from the design and algorithmic systems of very large online platforms’s services for the EUs society:
New measures unlock access to data from largest online platforms to support research
As of today, new rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA) will allow researchers to gain unprecedented access to very large online platforms' data to study the societal impact stemming from the plat...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Milestone for independent research into systemic risks stemming from the design and algorithmic systems of very large online platforms’s services for the EUs society:
Under the DSA’s balanced architecture, complaint handling systems, Notice and Action mechanisms and researchers’ access to data are key to ensure that users can challenge platforms’ content moderation decisions and report illegal content in the EU:
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Under the DSA’s balanced architecture, complaint handling systems, Notice and Action mechanisms and researchers’ access to data are key to ensure that users can challenge platforms’ content moderation decisions and report illegal content in the EU:
Protection of minors: time to see whether and how online platforms are complying with the measures listed in the DSA Guidelines:
Commission takes further action to promote a safe environment for minors
Ensuring a safe online space, where minors can learn, play, and socialise safely, is a priority for the European Union.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Protection of minors: time to see whether and how online platforms are complying with the measures listed in the DSA Guidelines:
Calling for your views on how the DMA can (furter) facilitate contestability of digital markets and AI sector:
Commission gathers views on how the DMA can support fair and contestable digital markets and AI sector
The European Commission is seeking feedback on how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) can support fair and contestable digital markets, including the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
August 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Calling for your views on how the DMA can (furter) facilitate contestability of digital markets and AI sector:
A meaningful, specific and well founded risk assessment is key to very large online marketplaces’ compliance with the DSA. Today, the Commission adopted preliminary findings expressing the view that Temu’s risk assessment does not seem to meet that standard:
Commission preliminarily finds Temu in breach of the Digital Services Act in relation to illegal products on its platform
Today, the Commission preliminarily found Temu in breach of the obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to properly assess the risks of illegal products being disseminated on its marketplace.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
July 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A meaningful, specific and well founded risk assessment is key to very large online marketplaces’ compliance with the DSA. Today, the Commission adopted preliminary findings expressing the view that Temu’s risk assessment does not seem to meet that standard:
Great milestone: setting up co-operation with Japanese JFTC on enforcement of digital markets regulation ensuring market contestability and consumer choice:
Commission's services sign arrangement with Japan Fair Trade Commission with common goal of promoting contestability, competition and fairness in digital markets
The Commission services responsible for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) have signed a first-of-its-kind cooperation arrangement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, responsible fo...
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Great milestone: setting up co-operation with Japanese JFTC on enforcement of digital markets regulation ensuring market contestability and consumer choice:
Great announcements on online protection of minors in the EU: Guidelines on how online platforms should keep children safe and secure on their services, and a blueprint for the roll out of an EU age verification app:
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
EC AV PORTAL
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu
July 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great announcements on online protection of minors in the EU: Guidelines on how online platforms should keep children safe and secure on their services, and a blueprint for the roll out of an EU age verification app:
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
Between 20 June and 3 July the second series of DMA workshops was held with informative presentations by Gatekeepers and spot-on questions by third parties. ICYMI, recordings available here:
DMA workshops
DMA stakeholders workshops
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
July 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Between 20 June and 3 July the second series of DMA workshops was held with informative presentations by Gatekeepers and spot-on questions by third parties. ICYMI, recordings available here:
ICYMI: Consultation on the first review of the Digital Markets Act - European Commission- Time flies, we are looking for your views!
Consultation on the first review of the Digital Markets Act
The Commission is consulting on the first review of the DMA that is due by 3 May 2026. The Commission will conduct subsequent reviews every three years and report on the results to the European Parlia...
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
July 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ICYMI: Consultation on the first review of the Digital Markets Act - European Commission- Time flies, we are looking for your views!
The eagerly awaited new rules on access to data by qualified researchers have been adopted! As of October qualified researchers can submit their applications to DSCs via the dedicated Data Access Portal:
Delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
The Commission has adopted a delegated act outlining rules granting access to data for qualified researchers under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
July 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The eagerly awaited new rules on access to data by qualified researchers have been adopted! As of October qualified researchers can submit their applications to DSCs via the dedicated Data Access Portal:
Interesting discussion on business opportunities created by the DMA at Gdansk Digital Summit:
June 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Interesting discussion on business opportunities created by the DMA at Gdansk Digital Summit:
Detailed commitments by AliExpress ensuring that EU consumers can trust that robust checks are carried out to prevent ‘rogue’ traders + hidden links. However, AliExpress also needs to considerably step up efforts to prevent the sale of illegal products:
Commission accepts commitments offered by AliExpress under the Digital Services Act and takes further action on illegal products
Today, the Commission has taken two major steps in its investigation concerning the compliance of AliExpress with the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
June 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Detailed commitments by AliExpress ensuring that EU consumers can trust that robust checks are carried out to prevent ‘rogue’ traders + hidden links. However, AliExpress also needs to considerably step up efforts to prevent the sale of illegal products:
Great workshop this week to discuss the draft Guidelines on Protection of Minors with online platforms, DSCs, CSOs, other authorities and many other stakeholders, and with youth ambassadors as the absolute stars! Deadline for comments: 12th June.
June 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Great workshop this week to discuss the draft Guidelines on Protection of Minors with online platforms, DSCs, CSOs, other authorities and many other stakeholders, and with youth ambassadors as the absolute stars! Deadline for comments: 12th June.