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EU Unveils New Online Content and Data Regulation

Say Hello to the Digital Services Act.

6 minute read January 01, 2021 at 12:50 AM
By
Krishnan Nair
EU Unveils New Online Content and Data Regulation

On May 25, 2018, multiple companies in the U.S. — from Shoes.com to the Chicago Tribune — blocked users in the EU from accessing their websites altogether. That's how scared large businesses were of being ensnared by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the day it entered into force.

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