DSA

plural DSAs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of donor-specific antibody.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of dismounted situational awareness.

   The DSA device has mission, mapping, and intelligence applications coordinating with new developmental radio systems.

   2023 October 26, Rojoef Manuel, “British Army Trials Situational Awareness Technologies in Urban Warfare Training”, in The Defense Post, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2024

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableartificial intelligenceInitialism of decisive strategic advantage, a level of advantage sufficient for complete world domination.

1. abbreviationinitialismcomputerInitialism of Digital Signature Algorithm.
2. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Democratic Socialists of America.

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   Until very recently, it wasn’t that socialism was toxic in a red-scare way. It was irrelevant, in a dustbin-of-history way. But then came Bernie Sanders’s 2016 candidacy, then the membership boom of DSA, then the proliferation of socialist cultural products like Chapo, and then, finally, the spectacular rise of Ocasio-Cortez. […] For some DSA grandees, like NYC chapter co-chair Bianca Cunningham, socialism means a planned economy that replaces market capitalism.

   2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2019

3. EUabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Digital Services Act.

   The DSA is aimed at improving what many European lawmakers see as the lack of oversight over large tech companies.

   2020 December 15, Billy Perrigo, “European Union Announces New Big Tech Regulations”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025

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   The warning from the EU came from Věra Jourová, the European Commission vice-president for values and transparency, who tweeted that “news about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying” and said the economic bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) required platforms to respect media freedom.

   2022 December 16, Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason, Alex Hern, “Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2023

   The big platforms will also have to publish an independent audit of their compliance with the DSA, as well as how many people they employ in content moderation.

   2023 April 25, Dan Milmo, “‘Unprepared’ Twitter among tech firms to face tough new EU digital rules”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2023

   The DSA became a legislative priority for the European Commission after the 2021 Facebook leak, when whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed Facebook and its parent company Meta knowingly prioritized profit over addressing rampant disinformation and racist hate speech on the platform.

   2023 May 27, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Elon Musk pulled Twitter from the EU's anti-disinformation agreement and continues to troll with alt-right memes and dogwhistles. It could be a sign he'll close the site to Europe completely”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023