Webinar: Why Is Big Tech So Afraid of the EU's Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act

What Advocates and Regulators Should Know About How These New Laws will Regulate Big Tech to the Benefit of Consumers The European Union has been a leader in setting high standards for strong consumer data privacy, as reflected by its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that much of the world has begun to emulate. Recently, the European Parliament and Council of the EU reached a political agreement on two path-breaking laws which have the potential to act as a check on Big Tech overreach: the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DMA will give the European Commission unprecedented powers to monitor and hold accountable digital platforms, or so-called “gatekeepers.” The DSA focuses on user safety and platform accountability among intermediaries. There remain many questions, particularly in the United States, about the details of the DMA and DSA and how they will be implemented. Already, U.S. Big Tech companies are taking aim at these laws in various fora.   Join consumer advocate experts to help us understand the content and application of these new laws, their relationship to the GDPR data protection regulation, and potential efforts by Big Tech to undermine them. Speakers: • Vanessa Turner, Senior Advisor – Competition, BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation • Cláudio Teixeira, Legal Officer – Digital and Consumer Rights, BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation) • Melinda St. Louis, Director – Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen • Calli Schroeder, Global Privacy Counsel -- Electronic Privacy Information Center (moderator)