Agne Kaarlep discusses how the EU Digital Services Act considers all parties' free speech rights.
Agne Kaarlep, from Tremau, discussed the purpose of the EU Digital Services Act during the Platform Accountability vs Free Speech Rights panel, 27 July 2023.
"The DSA does not define disinformation and it does not oblige any platform to take it down. This is particularly because of the concerns that may arise because of free speech. ...
The onus of the regulation and the key focus of it is really looking at where the harm is created. ...
Often we look at freedom of speech as sort of an absolute right. But it has to be understood within all of the Charter rights. There are over 50 of them and they all have to be balanced against each other. Protecting freedom of speech isn't only removing barriers to the ability to speak freely. It is also about creating an environment where all voices can be heard. We, of course, ... know that there are situations where, because one voice or some voices can speak so freely, they can also harass others and thereby remove those from the space of free speech. This is also about setting the guardrails to allow free speech to actually be free."
Captions are auto generated