Large technology companies in the United States have been informed of the non -implementation of the Digital Services Law

The problem is a fermentation to Digital Services Law (DSA), European teacher law that governs large technology platforms. On August 21, the Federal Trade Committee (FTC) sent a quiet letter to a number of technology giants, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. The subject of the message: The European Digital Services Law cannot be applied if it endangers freedom of expression, and above all, the safety of American citizens.

The opening of the letter – which was designed by the Chairman of the Federal Trade Committee Andrew Ferguson – indicates a prominent reference to the first amendment to the United States constitution, that is, freedom of expression: “The online platforms have become essential in the public debate, and they were not identified through the classification on the Internet, and it was unprecedented, but it has not been unprecedented, but it was not abandoned by the American. The previous administration worked actively to encourage such censorship.”

Trump administration rush

The Trump administration intends to oppose the path, and in this direction, the attack on “foreign powers”, the European Union and the United Kingdom, especially in the Digital Services Law and the online safety law, begins. The message also indirectly indicates the gross domestic product, and the European organization on the protection of personal data, whose standards aim to impose censorship and weak encryption from one to the party “with the result of the weakness of the freedoms of Americans, according to the message.

Privacy and encryption from end to end: problems on the table

In the letter, the US Anti -Monopath Authority specifically asked the 13 companies to report “how it intends to comply with the incorrect international organizational requirements” (the deadline for the schedule of a meeting on August 28) was determined and called “their obligations towards American consumers under Article 5 of the Federal Trade Committee Law, which prohibits unprecedented actions or practices or practices” that may predict the market or exploration.

It is specifically on the security front, especially when adopting a comprehensive encryption, that FTC invites major technology companies to a request: “companies that promise that their service is safe or encrypted, but they fail to use encryption from one side to a party when necessary, may deceive consumers who are reasonably expect this level of privacy.” Moreover, “some circumstances may require the use of comprehensive encryption, and failure to implement such an unfair exercise measures may be.” Consequently, weakening encryption or other security measures to comply with the laws or requests submitted by a foreign government may violate Article 5 of the Federal Trade Committee Law.

What happens in the case of conflicts and overlap

In a tweet on X, Ferguson conclusively wrote that “if companies are monitoring Americans or weakening privacy and communications security at the request of a foreign authority, I will not hesitate to apply the law.”

“In a global society like a society in which we live, overlap and overlap between various legal systems. Scorza believes that in the event of great differences,” the matter will return to the United States government and the European Commission to determine the corrective measures capable of ensuring sovereignty, including digital, for every country. “

This article was originally appeared on Italy wireless It was translated from Italian.