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Tech platforms expected to conduct risk review on minors under EU’s DSA

By Sara Brandstätter ( May 15, 2025, 15:46 GMT | Insight) -- All platforms under the EU’s Digital Services Act are expected to carry out a risk review on potential harms posed to minors using their sites. With this exercise, online platforms should understand how their services impact children positively or negatively, the draft guidance by the European Commission says. If needed, the EU executive will publish additional guidance by autumn this year at the earliest, a commission official told MLex.All platforms regulated under the EU’s Digital Services Act, not only those designated as VLOPs — Very Large Online Platforms — are expected to carry out a risk review on potential harms for minors using their sites. ...

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