ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexandra Geese

Alexandra Geese has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 and is, as the Greens/EFA group's shadow rapporteur, responsible for the “Digital Services Act”. As a digital expert, she is a member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and advocates for gender-equal budgeting as a member of the Budget Committee.

POSTS BY Alexandra Geese

08 November 2022

Alexandra Geese

Why the DSA could save us from the rise of authoritarian regimes

The rise of extremist right-wing governments, as observed recently in Italy, is closely linked to the business models of large digital platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. Their algorithms polarise debates and stir up emotions because that enables them to keep people on their screens for longer and show them advertising. The European Union’s Digital Services Act is the framework to address this dangerous development. Continue reading >>