Calleary welcomes approval of Digital Services Bill 2024 [Video]

Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD, has welcomed the approval of the Digital Services Bill 2024.

After completing its passage through the Seanad yesterday evening, it will now be sent to the President to be signed into law.

The Bill empowers Coimisiún na Meán and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to charge a levy on service providers in order to fund their enforcement and regulatory functions, under the EU Digital Services Regulation and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.

The amendment will extend Coimisiún na Meán’s power to raise a levy in Section 21 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 to cover its new functions under the Digital Services Regulation and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.

It does this by introducing two new categories of providers, those that must comply with the Digital Services Regulation and those that must comply with the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.

The Bill, secondly, amends …