In December 2025, the European Commission issued its first-ever non-compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA), fining X €120 million. The decision is a major milestone for DSA enforcement and sets the tone for how the Commission interprets key obligations for very large online platforms. The Commission found breaches linked to deceptive design practices, failures in advertising transparency (notably the ad repository), and obstacles to meaningful data access for researchers — a core condition for independent scrutiny and accountability. The case also illustrates how civil society is crucial to providing evidence in DSA proceedings.
Join us for a webinar with Laureline Lemoine, Senior Associate at AWO, to unpack what the Commission argued legally, how the process unfolded, and what this decision means for civil society organisations aiming to increase their impact under the DSA in the coming months.
This webinar is part of our ‘Evidence & Enforcement’ series.
Speaker: Laureline Lemoine, Senior Associate, AWO
Laureline Lemoine is a Senior Policy Associate at AWO, providing legal and policy analysis on platform regulation, online advertising, AI, and data protection and working on the DSA since 2020. Prior to this, she worked for digital rights NGOs in Brussels and was a trainee at the Court of Justice of the European Union and at the European Commission in DG Competition. She holds a master’s in EU law and litigation and a dual degree in French law and Common law from University College Dublin and Paris 2 Panthéon Assas University.
Moderator: Joe McNamee, Senior Policy Expert, EU DisinfoLab
Joe McNamee has been working on topics related to internet regulation for over 20 years. Prior to his current role as Senior Policy Expert at EU DisinfoLab, he worked as policy adviser for a political group in the European Parliament. From 2009 to 2018, he led European Digital Rights, the association of digital civil rights organisations in Europe, working on major topics such as the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Copyright Directive. Prior to this, Joe worked for a political consultancy specialised in telecommunications and internet policy, where he led three research projects funded by the European Commission. During this time, he also worked on the EU’s E-Commerce (the predecessor to the DSA) and ePrivacy Directives. Joe holds master’s degrees in European Politics and in International Law.
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