MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – EU law, Meta, X and freedom of speech. Digital Services Act and monitoring compliance – E-000086/2025(ASW)

The reports to which the Honourable Member refers are inaccurate. No Commission official was instructed to monitor the livestream to which reference is made, as also stated in the answers provided by the Commission to the written questions P-000108/2025 and E-000254/2025.

The Digital Services Act (DSA)[1] itself does not determine what type of content users may or may not post online. One of the aims of the DSA is to ensure that EU citizens and other persons are able to effectively exercise their freedom of expression online.

• [1] Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act), OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1-102.