Online safety & content laws in Greenland (2026)

Greenland left the European Communities in 1985 and holds OCT status. OCTs are outside the EU internal market; consequently the EU Digital Services Act, the e-Commerce Directive, and related EU single-market legislation do not apply in Greenland.

Inatsisartut Law No. 31 of 23 November 2017 grants the Greenlandic government the exclusive right to provide telecommunications and internet services; this right is exercised solely through state-owned Tusass A/S (formerly TELE Greenland). End-user subscription to alternative satellite providers such as Starlink is prohibited under the Act.

Greenland has enacted no comprehensive online safety, platform-liability, or content-moderation legislation. There is no domestic equivalent to the EU DSA, the UK Online Safety Act, or comparable regimes. ICLG and DataGuidance surveys confirm this gap.

A Greenlandic personal data law entered into force on 1 December 2016, substantially mirroring Danish data protection law of the same period. GDPR does not extend to Greenland; the Danish Data Protection Agency (Datatilsynet) oversees compliance with Greenland's adapted version.

Following Danish practice, Greenland applies an internet filter to block child sexual abuse material. OONI measurement data for Greenland (country code GL) shows no evidence of broader government blocking of political, social, or news content.

Greenland has no platform-specific age-verification mandates, algorithmic-transparency obligations, or intermediary-liability safe-harbour rules. General civil-law principles inherited from Danish law apply, but there is no sector-specific online safety enforcement body or dedicated regulatory authority.