DSA enforcement in the age of the inauthentic internet
DisinfoCon 2025
From evidence to accountability
The Digital Services Act has moved from legislative milestone to regulatory practice. More than two years after it began applying to all platforms, it has produced formal investigations, non-compliance decisions and fines against some of the world’s largest tech companies. At the same time, the internet for which it was built is rapidly evolving. Influence campaigns now span across platforms and borders, and AI-generated content makes inauthentic online behaviour cheaper to produce and harder to flag.
At DisinfoCon 2026, we’ll ask: Has the DSA delivered? Is it making elections safer? And how much of its potential remains untapped?
DRI’s DisinfoCon brings together 70 of the leading experts who shape, study and scrutinise DSA enforcement: regulators, researchers, civil society organisations, legal experts and tech journalists, for a frank and practical conversation on protecting democracy from digital harms.
Three themes will shape the day
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Stress‑testing the DSA as a safeguard for our elections
More than two years in, we take stock of where DSA enforcement stands and whether it has made EU elections safer. Has the DSA made a difference in protecting elections in the EU? Where has it fallen short? Has enforcement overreached?
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Designing research for enforcement
Influence operations travel quickly across platforms and borders. How do we detect coordinated manipulation across platforms and jurisdictions, and design research that gives regulators evidence they can act on?
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Providing evidence of platforms’ failure to mitigate risks
Much research on online harms still focuses on documenting campaigns and influence operations. But that research does not immediately become usable in enforcement if it doesn’t show that platforms failed to mitigate risks. So what kind of evidence does research need to produce for it to be enforceable within the DSA?
Speakers and programme announced soon
We’re finalising the line-up for 23 November. The full programme and speakers will be published here.
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Places are limited
Attendance at DisinfoCon 2026 on 23 November is limited to a set number of participants. Join the waitlist, and if a place becomes available, DRI will confirm your attendance.