Europe increases state censorship powers with the Digital Services Act

The European Union’s Digital Services Act claims to ensure ‘a safe and accountable online environment’.
In that respect it seems to be the same sort of thing as the UK Online Safety Bill, in so much as it uses the veil of safety to increase the amount of power governments have over online speech. The EU has been more subtle about it, which isn’t saying much, and has sugared the pill with some measures that do seem genuinely useful. But make no mistake, this is no less of