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Vestager: There was a ‘distrust of Ireland as an enforcer’ on Big Tech

The European Commission executive vice-president tells Peter O’Dwyer that new regime for Digital Services Act will assure that rules will be properly implemented

Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission: said member states were still divided over whether Ireland was effectively policing large technology firms. Picture: Fergal Phillips

The European Commission stepped in as the main enforcer of a landmark new set of laws aimed at reining in digital firms due to a “distrust” of Ireland as an effective regulator of Big Tech among its European peers, the commission’s executive vice-president has said.

In an interview with the Business Post, Margrethe Vestager, who also serves as the EU Competition Commissioner, said member states were still divided over whether Ireland was effectively policing large ...