Documents obtained by the Committee under subpoena reveal what Commission officials
told platforms privately and offer critical insights into the DSA censorship process.34 Exercises
from the Commission’s May 2025 workshop show the true definitions of key terms in the DSA
and Commission regulators’ censorship expectations of social media platforms.35 For example,
the Commission’s workshop labeled a hypothetical social media post stating “we need to take
back our country”—a common, anodyne political statement—as “illegal hate speech” that
platforms are required to censor under the DSA.
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