The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act due to be released tomorrow won't be law for years and won't be translated enforced for some time after that. The digital world will continue to evolve in the meanwhile. But...

...with the Democracy Action plan released last week, they provide a roadmap for how to move beyond the current system of whack-a-mole which is now clearly insufficient for restoring integrity to the information ecosystem.

As COVID creates real urgency around the need to curb disinformation and lift up the voices of credible scientific experts, it's increasingly clear that what's needed is to change the incentives of the major players

The U.S. & Europe have different legal contexts but the EU’s short-term proposal to enforce their disinformation code of practice thru risk assessments, transparency, & accountability--like the code proposed by GMF’s Digital New Deal--could be a point of transatlantic coop'n

The EU’s crisis protocol – plus a circuit breaker -- would help ensure dangerous disinformation or harassment is addressed before it causes harm.