>> well, in the united states, i would say no way some of the rules in the dsa are simple violations of the first amendment. we would never have them pass in the united states. so you take that first and you say, okay, that's not coming here the second part of it is does the congress, do united states regulators have the will to act against big tech we talked about how there is bipartisan support but the actual action has been a joke you mentioned it right beforehand that there is bipartisan support this was the optimal conditions to pass something like the open markets act and it hasn't gone through. if it's not going to happen now and it didn't happen when the tech giants were at the height of their powers, i don't see it going through in a moment of struggle. >> ultimately, it seems like the tech giants will be able to get away with business as usual without much repercussion. >> alex, we actually just hit on a topic i want to talk to you about, the willingness of congress here to act on big tech coming up in a few days on december 29th, representative jim jordan is asking for the

. >> steve was talking about the dm arb i'm talking about the dsa, and right now, the social and searchnts are bracing for the impact of the eu's digital services act content moderation regulatio that the eu passed last month. it aims to force the likes of meta, google, twitter, and tiktok to crack down on the spread of misinformation and hate speech. now, of course, the likes of meta and google have internal guidelines these regulations are the first regulations on the topic and they come a threat of meaningful fines. the dsa mandates transparency around removal orders and reports of illegal content criteria for how platforms should act when they detect illegal content. they also ban deseiseceptive de and require they take steps to mitigate risk. the maximum penalty for violating these rules is 6% of global revenue that as of last year, that would be about $15 billion for alphabet and $7 billion for meta now, the regulatory process has officially started, but the enforcement of this law and the penalties won't come until february of 2024 one company that could face a massive risk aroun

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