Dr. John Evans:

I will start by saying that there is a difference between illegal content and content that is just misinformation or disinformation. There is a different way of dealing with that than there is for illegal content. Illegal content, once it is flagged and a platform is aware of it, must come down. Misinformation and disinformation are different. The Digital Services Act approaches that from a systemic perspective. Articles 34 and 35 require platforms to mitigate risks their platforms might present. For example, if misinformation and disinformation on a platform is a threat to electoral integrity or public health, the platform is supposed to put in place measures to mitigate that. Mr. Moroney will explain how that works in the context of elections. We are preparing for that right now.