EU Approves Digital Services Act, Forcing Tech Companies to Offer Protections

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved. European Union officials clinched the agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act, which will also force tech companies to make it easier for users to flag problems, ban online ads aimed at kids and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines.