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EU Digital Services Act: Revised Code of Conduct+ on Illegal Hate Speech—Signatory Commitments, Monitoring and Audit Implications for VLOPs and VLOSEs

Published on: 21 February 2025

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  • Key commitments of the signatories
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Article 45 of the DSA

Article 45 of the DSA provides that, when significant systemic risks arise under Article 34(1) (which sets out the duty on very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs) to identify, analyse, and assess systemic risks), and affect multiple VLOPs or VLOSEs, the Commission may ask those VLOPs and VLOSEs to help draft codes of conduct, with commitments to adopt risk mitigation measures and to report on those measures and their results. The Code of Conduct+ was adopted in this context. VLOPs’ and VLOSEs’ adherence to the Code of Conduct+ can count as a mitigation measure under Article 35 of the DSA; however, participation in and implementation of the Code of Conduct+ does not, by itself, amount to compliance with the DSA (Recital 104)...

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