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Union adopts the Digital Services Act

It was a 2019 political-guideline priority. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation, a driver that strengthens Alternative sources of information index — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

Read the full account

It was a 2019 political-guideline priority. Vestager and Breton ran the file. Adoption is co-legislative.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Thierry Breton

    Person

    Shared responsibility

    responsibility level 0.5 · verified

    The DSA sat across his internal-market file and Vestager’s digital portfolio. Co-legislators enacted.

  • Ursula von der Leyen

    Person

    Historical/complex contribution

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    The President set platform-accountability rules as a 2019 guideline priority; Vestager and Breton led the legal design.

  • Margrethe Vestager

    Person

    Historical/complex contribution

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    Breton led the DSA text; Vestager’s digital EVP role made platform accountability a 2019 guideline priority she jointly owned.

  • Roberta Metsola

    Person

    Shared responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    She put the DSA through a plenary she chaired. College services still drafted.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Commission — Digital Services Act packageIndependent reporting · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 — Digital Services ActOfficial record · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 imposes due-diligence, transparency, and risk-assessment duties on online platforms.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. Actors (4)Thierry Breton
  2. contributed toFactUnion adopts the Digital Services Act
  3. strengthensDriverDigital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation
  4. strengthensIndicatorAlternative sources of information index

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Union adopts the Digital Services Act. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-digital-services-act-2022

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-digital-services-act-2022

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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