Description

Adopted content moderation regulation in General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

On 25 April 2023, the Council adopted the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which establishes a wide-ranging legal framework for ensuring the safety of non-food consumer products – items designed for consumer use or those reasonably expected to be used by consumers. Its specific focus is to address safety challenges stemming from novel technologies and the landscape of online selling. Among its provisions, the GPSR includes content moderation regulations. Under the GPSR, Member States are obliged to empower their market surveillance authorities with the necessary jurisdiction to demand that providers of online marketplaces remove or highlight specific content relating to hazardous product offerings. These orders will necessitate providers to eliminate identical content associated with the perilous product, with searches limited to identified information. Utilising reliable automated tools, providers will ensure a proportionate response.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-06-30
under deliberation

On 30 June 2021, the European Commission introduced the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). I…

2023-04-25
adopted

On 25 April 2023, the Council adopted the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which establish…

2024-12-13
in force

On 13 December 2024, the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) came into force, which establishe…

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