The Digital Services Act (DSA) is designed to hold large tech companies in particular responsible for fighting misinformation and crime. But in order to achieve that, it would first have to be clearly defined who counts as a large company. For this purpose, the companies in question were asked to disclose their user numbers by February 17th. However, many have not responded to this request.
How Politico reports, Thierry Breton, who is responsible for the internal market in the EU, now threatened consequences for this infringement. Accordingly, companies such as Amazon, Apple, AliExpress and Pinterest are said to have only made a vague statement (“over 45 million users”). Others, including Spotify, Ebay and OnlyFans, didn’t provide any numbers at all, simply claiming to be below the benchmark limit.
“When it comes to enforcing the DSA, we will not condone delaying tactics. We will take action to deal with companies that do not comply,” Politico quoted Breton as saying. However, it is unclear what concrete consequences companies can now expect.
Sustainability is a top criterion when choosing a job
In times of a shortage of skilled workers, it is more important than ever to be attractive as an employer. As a study by the European Investment Bank (EIB) now shows, a company’s sustainability efforts are of particular importance. Among young job seekers (29 to 29 years old), 81 percent stated that they value a potential employer’s attitude in this regard.
How the Handelsblatt (Paywall) the study continues to be quoted, but not only young people are interested in environmental protection. Considering the population as a whole, 59 percent stated that they also pay attention to a company’s green image when choosing a job. In a European comparison, Germany was in the healthy middle. Sustainability is therefore the most important factor for Portuguese applicants.
Netflix advertising subscription shows modest success
For two months now there has been the option of using the Netflix streaming service at a discounted subscription price – but with advertisements. How Golem under appeal now writes on Bloomberg, the new model in the USA is said to have been able to inspire just one million customers so far. Compared to the total of 74 million US subscribers, this is a rather modest success.
Netflix is currently trying everything to encourage new customers to subscribe to advertising. The service currently does not even display the basic subscription (EUR 7.99) for new bookings. Instead, interested parties see the advertising subscription (EUR 4.99) and the Standard and Premium models as options. Only by clicking on the rather inconspicuous button “Show all subscriptions” is the regular basic subscription added.
