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‘Huge opportunity’: Irish digital watchdog gets powers under laws to take on Big Tech

Coimisiún na Meán will formally get its powers on Saturday under the EU’s Digital Services Act

The EU’s Digital Services Act places strict new obligations on Big Tech firms like X, Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple

Ireland’s new online media watchdog will this week formally receive its power to oversee Big Tech firms headquartered here under landmark EU laws designed to crack down on harmful and illegal content on the web.

Coimisiún na Meán, which will be in charge of enforcing the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Ireland, takes up its role from Saturday – with a major task ahead of it when it comes to monitoring the activities of Meta, ...