Effective protection in the online world!

The European Parliament (EP) has turned to the Commission on how to adopt the Digital Services Act Package for improving the functioning of the digital single market. MEP Edina Tóth stressed: What is illegal offline should be considered illegal online, and platforms should step up their efforts to tackle fast and in an effective manner illegal contents. „One of the greatest challenges of our time is whether we will be able to step out of the „digital bubble” and rule technology, or we will let technology to prevail over our life. We should create an AI-ecosystem, which serves the interests of people, which is human-centric,” added the EPP Group politician.

The Fidesz politician, MEP Edina Tóth, remarked in her plenary speech that technology facilitates daily problems of people, has many features to increase comfort, and has the potential for a continuous improvement. Nevertheless, the economic weight and indisputable social impact of tech giants have captured the attention of almost all EU Member States. “It the European Parliament, we have the duty to ensure, at the highest level, the security of consumers in the online world, guarantee the democratic values of transparency and accountability,” she emphasized.

“What is illegal offline should be considered illegal online. To that end, platforms should step up their efforts to tackle illegal contents in a fast and an effective manner. We can only deal with illegal content if the Member States act in a coordinated and joint manner, taking into account national considerations. “We can tackle illegal content, if Member States act in a coordinated and joint manner, taking into account national aspects,” underlined the EPP politician.

The Fidesz politician noticed that tech giants influence with algorithms our daily life, our consumption habits, decisions; for these reasons, consumers should have the right to be informed if a service is using AI and given more guarantee to remedy shortcomings resulting from specific characteristics of the service. “If there is a failure to address problem, AI may lead to wrong results and influence decisions through false data,” she added.

“One of the greatest challenges of our time is whether we will be able to step out of the „digital bubble” and rule technology, or we will let technology to prevail over our life. We should create an AI-ecosystem, which serves the interests of people, which is human-centric,” MEP Edina Tóth closed her remarks.