On April 22, the European Union (EU) passed landmark legislation called the Digital Services Act (DSA) that has the potential to transform societal harms caused by social media companies to residents of the European Union. Facing recent worldwide crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rising nationalism and racism, and the war in Ukraine, European lawmakers recognized the need to be able to respond quickly during a health crisis or threat to the national security of a nation. The DSA will, among other things: