It comes as the European Commission progresses investigations into Meta, TikTok and major porn platforms for potential breaches of its platform law, the Digital Services Act, related to the protection of minors.
The proposal is set to be voted on by the Parliament’s internal market committee on Thursday, in a report setting out how to protect kids on the internet.
The final draft of the report declares the Commission should consider creating tech company executives “personally liable” for any “serious and persistent” breaches of the DSA when it comes to minors.
The suggestion was put forward by Hungarian conservative lawcreater Dóra Dávid, who is a former Meta employee. Dávid worked at the tech company as product counsel before she won a Parliament seat in 2024.
Danish socialist Christel Schaldemose, who is leading the report, declared she expects the final version to pass but noted it’s hard to be certain. The report would then relocate to a full Parliament vote in November.
The proposal relates to platforms with more than 45 million utilizers in the EU. Those companies have to comply with stricter requirements on risk mitigation and transparency related to disinformation, illegal content and protection of minors.
If companies are found to have breached the regulation they can be fined up to 6 percent of their annual global revenues. None of the ongoing investigations have yet led to fines.
The U.S. Trump administration has taken aim at the EU’s efforts to enforce its tech laws, declareing they amount to censorship and discriminate against American companies.
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