Montenegro will take all the necessary steps to start harmonizing with the EU Regulation - Digital Services Act (DSA), which entered into force this year for EU member states, in order to regulate the way in which large online digital platforms (( VLOP) relations to users, data and responsibilities.
This was announced at the meeting of the Minister of Culture and Media, Tamara Vujović, and Katarina Kruk, regional leader for public policies for Central and Eastern Europe at the company Meta, who met during the minister's official visit to Berlin.
The Ministry of Culture and Media (MKM) announced that the interlocutors exchanged information on how to ensure a safer and more transparent digital environment for users and strengthen the responsibility of digital services in combating misinformation, cyber threats and malicious content on networks.
"DSA is an act that represents one of the key steps in the EU's efforts to regulate the digital space and ensure greater responsibility and security on the Internet, so it must be implemented in our legal system in the coming period. Our main goal is to combat disinformation, misinformation and cyber threats, which is already in the Action Plan of the Media Strategy of Montenegro that we are implementing," said Vujović.
The statement added that she thanked Kurk for the clarifications regarding the ways of communication between the state and VLOP, and the part of the state's responsibility.
She clarified that the MKM administration is working on the formation of a Network for the fight against misinformation and hate speech, "which we see as one of the key mechanisms for combating these threats".
In the conversation, the modalities of direct communication between the Ministry of the Interior and METE for Central and Southeastern Europe were established.
The MKM stated that Kruk introduced Vujović to the mechanisms and rules that META adheres to in terms of reaching disinformation.
"Together we share responsibility for a safe online space and behaviors in it. We will try to catch up with global practices in this field," the meeting concluded.
MKM said that this meeting was part of Vujović's official visit to Berlin, and on the occasion of his participation in the Civil Society Forum as part of the Berlin Process.
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