Isn’t it strange that a majority of tech is built in the US, but it’s mostly the EU that decides how big tech is regulated?
That trend continued recently when the EU’s Digital Services Act and Digital Marketing Act went into effect, setting out a comprehensive set of rules requiring online companies to combat the sale of illegal goods and services, fight disinformation and hate, protect children, and deal with consumers in a fair, straightforward manner.
The law’s obligations are tilted to require more of very large platforms and search engines like Google and Facebook—in biblical fashion, to whom much …