News & Views

Nine Journalism Partnerships will receive in total €13 million EU co-financing to support the resilience and pluralism of Europe’s news media sector.

The Commission has presented a proposal to ensure an effective and efficient response to large-scale cyber incidents.

On February 21, in Helsinki, Finland, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen presented the Joint Communication of the Commission and the HRVP to strengthen the security and resilience of submarine cables.

The Commission published an elections toolkit, providing practical details on how the Digital Services Act (DSA) Election Guidelines can be applied during electoral processes.

On 19 February 2025, the European Board for Digital Services (“the Board”) convened for its 12th meeting, on the first anniversary since its official formation last year. Also marking the first anniversary of the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) full applicability, the Regulation has already had a profound effect on the online environment.

The Commission’s services have released a new Research API that introduces programmatic search functionalities to the Digital Services Act (DSA) Transparency Database, the world’s largest near real-time database collecting data on platforms’ content moderation decisions in the EU.

Most people in Europe think that digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), have a positive impact on their jobs, the economy, society, and on quality of life. This is what reveals a new Eurobarometer survey, published on 13 February 2025.

The Commission and the European Board for Digital Services has endorsed the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation into the framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This integration will make the Code a benchmark for determining platforms’ compliance with the DSA.

The Web Accessibility Directive requires Member States to periodically monitor the compliance with the accessibility requirements and to report on the results of their monitoring activities every three years. The Member States have published the reports from the first monitoring period on their national websites.

The Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate its 75th edition from 13 to 23 February 2025.