Dr. John Evans:

Another Deputy asked about resources earlier. As I explained, I do not think we will fight this battle alone. There is one of my position in each of the other member states. We are probably the best resourced so far. That is natural because so many of the large platforms are established here. We have a special responsibility under the Digital Services Act. Still, there are competent resource regulators in other members states looking at these issues as well. Somebody did a calculation of the number of people working on the regulatory side in trust and safety or online safety across the EU. Between the European Commission, us and the other DSCs, I think the number was around 800 people. That is not the same scale as the number of people who have been working at the platforms in these areas but it is still a significant number. Content moderation and protection of users is supposed to be something that the platforms do. Regulators are not doing it for them but they are supposed to hold them accountable for the mechanisms and systems they have in place to achieve that.