As of August 25, 2023, the European Commission requested 19 major online platforms and search engines to comply with the European Union regulations (Digital Services Act - DSA) and to take the necessary initiatives to ensure compliance with the relevant regulation. This legal regulation was actually discussed in 2022 and approved by the European Parliament on October 19, 2022 and became effective on November 01, 2022. However, the regulation started to affect large companies such as online platforms and search engines as of May 02, 2023. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on August 25, 2023 shared a post like this (1) We’re bringing our European values into the digital world. With strict rules on transparency and accountability, our Digital Services Act aims to protect our children, societies and democracies. As of today, very large online platforms must apply the new law. — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) August 25, 2023 According to the regulation, major online platforms must ensure that; Users will receive clear information about why certain information is being recommended to them and have the right to opt out of recommendation systems based on profiling; Users will be able to easily report illegal content and platforms will have to handle such reports with due diligence; Platforms will be required to label all advertisements and inform users who is promoting them; Platforms are required to provide an easily understandable, plain language summary of their terms and conditions in the languages of the Member States in which they operate. While the regulation as it stands appears to be a highly attractive and "demanding" regulation, the current proposals for the DSA approved by the EU Parliament committee would require online platforms to quickly remove potentially illegal content. The regulation would automatically make any "active platform"…