Human Rights and Democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

Tabled by Tomasz Froelich

78. Removed: Recalls that the leadership Added: Is concerned that the Digital Services Act (DSA) is being used to introduce a pan-European censorship regime, and to decide what can or cannot circulate on social media; considers that this development undermines legitimate democratic discourse and suppresses free speech; views the imposition by the Commission of a EUR 120 million fine on the X as an example of the enforcement of the EU Removed: with regard to AI and digital diplomacy is crucial to promote models that ensure high human right standards, as well as for its relevance and resilience; calls, in this regard, for the EU to scale up its digital and AI diplomacy, to enforce the Digital Services Act9 and ensure that technology companies and social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address transnational repression, including against HRDs; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that private actors that are enabling digital transnational repression, particularly in the technology sector, are held accountable; 9 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj). Added: censorship regime and warns that the DSA risks censoring global speech;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.000v01-00