DSA compliance, safer online platforms
Structure notice-and-action, transparency reports and risk assessments to match your platform's tier.
The Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) has applied in full since 17 February 2024 to intermediary services offered in the EU. Duties scale with size: intermediaries publish transparency reports, platforms add notice-and-action and ad transparency, and very large platforms with 45 million or more EU users run annual systemic-risk assessments. Fines reach 6% of turnover.
TL;DR
- Fully applicable since 17 February 2024.
- Tiered duties: intermediaries, hosting services, online platforms, and very large platforms and search engines.
- Very large platform threshold: 45 million average monthly active EU users.
- Fines up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover.
Reviewed by the ComplyEasyAI compliance teamLast reviewed
Sources: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA)European Commission, Digital Services Act
What does the DSA require?
The requirements below define the DSA. ComplyEasyAI maps your environment to each one.
Notice & action
Provide mechanisms to report and act on illegal content.
Transparency reporting
Publish reports on moderation decisions and practices.
Trusted flaggers
Prioritize notices from designated trusted flaggers.
Risk assessments
Assess systemic risks (for very large platforms and search engines).
Ad transparency
Disclose advertising and recommender-system parameters.
How do you prepare for the DSA?
Scope
Define the systems, boundaries and requirements your program will cover.
Connect your stack
Link cloud, identity, code and ticketing systems, read-only for evidence collection; controls are discovered and mapped.
Collect evidence
AI agents gather configuration and activity evidence on a schedule, building a versioned trail.
Monitor & remediate
Continuous monitoring flags drift the moment it happens and routes it to an owner.
Track effectiveness
Operating effectiveness is recorded over time, ready for your observation window.
Report & hand off
Organized, current evidence is packaged for auditors and stakeholders.
How does ComplyEasyAI automate DSA compliance?
Control mapping
Your environment is mapped to each requirement, so you see exactly which control satisfies what.
Automated evidence
Integrations build a versioned, timestamped evidence trail instead of manual screenshots.
Continuous monitoring
Drift surfaces as soon as it happens, not during fieldwork.
Readiness dashboards
Real-time views highlight failing or unmapped controls with owners attached.
Multi-framework reuse
Shared controls are mapped once and reused across every framework you run.
Audit-ready reporting
Export organized, current evidence packages on demand.
Which frameworks are related to the DSA?
DSA FAQ
Who does the DSA cover?
Online intermediaries and platforms serving EU users, with duties tiered by role and size.
What is a VLOP?
A Very Large Online Platform with 45 million or more average monthly active users in the EU, designated by the Commission. It carries the strictest systemic-risk and audit obligations.
What are the penalties?
Up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover, plus periodic penalties for continued non-compliance.
How does it differ from the DMA?
The DSA governs safety and transparency; the DMA governs fair competition among gatekeepers.
How do you help?
The platform structures moderation records, transparency reporting and risk assessments.
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