The Digital Services Act and Switzerland
– or what is happening to freedom of expression in the EU
by Ursula Cross*
(10 October 2025) Through the informal influence of the EU, Switzerland is also increasingly falling under the spell of an authoritarian surveillance mentality that is gaining ground worldwide. In many areas, we unquestioningly adopt political and constitutional views and attitudes from the EU. Notably not a democratic entity. In the EU, the Digital Services Act (DSA) has become a powerful instrument for monitoring opinion.