Major changes are coming to the EU’s digital landscape. Will they take hold in the US?
07/18/22
| Julia Tréhu
The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are poised to remake the EU’s regulatory environment. Julia Tréhu explains how, and whether these rules will have an impact in the US
The first half of 2022 saw both strikingly rapid convergence as well as continued divergence in transatlantic tech policy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lent new urgency to cooperation on key issues, and officials on both sides of the Atlantic nimbly shifted – aided by the collaboration and camaraderie forged through the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) – to coordinate sanctions and impose high-tech export controls.
Yet when it comes to governance of the online platforms that shape our lives and work, the trends look very different. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are poised to remake the European Union’s regulatory environment for the likes of Meta, Google, Amazon and others.
The key question is whether and how the so-called “Brussels effect” – the tendency of EU standards to spread worldwide – will play out with this legislation. Will it have an impact in the US, even as Congress remains gridlocked in seemingly intractable partisan fights over peripheral questions?
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