Online safety in Lithuania: the EU Digital Services Act (2026)

Yes. As an EU member, Lithuania is covered by the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), which applies directly.

Notice-and-action mechanisms for illegal content, transparency reporting, clear terms of service, and measures to protect minors.

The national Digital Services Coordinator, with the European Commission supervising very large online platforms and search engines.

Up to 6% of a provider's global annual turnover for serious breaches.

The EU Digital Services Act entered into force in Lithuania on 17 February 2024. To support its application, the Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Information Society Services on 13 June 2024, designating competent authorities and establishing national procedural rules for DSA enforcement.

The Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) is Lithuania's designated Digital Services Coordinator under Article 49 DSA. It enforces DSA obligations on intermediary platforms, represents Lithuania at EU level, and collaborates with the European Commission on oversight of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Search Engines (VLOSEs).

Enforcement is split across four competent authorities: RRT (general DSA coordination), the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics (ŽEIT, responsible for DSA provisions on minors' protection), the State Data Protection Inspectorate (profiling using sensitive data), and the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (product safety and anti-deception provisions on platforms).

The Law on the Protection of Minors Against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information provides additional national safeguards online, supervised by ŽEIT and RRT. As of 2024, three organisations in Lithuania have been granted trusted-flagger status under DSA Article 22, enabling expedited illegal-content notices to platforms.

Lithuania follows the EU-level approach to age verification under the DSA (risk assessments for minors' access to harmful content required of VLOPs). The EU Age Verification Solution became feature-ready on 15 April 2026; Lithuania is not among the current front-runner pilot Member States (France, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland), but is expected to adopt the solution as it matures.

A separate but related media-regulation controversy: amendments to the LRT (public broadcaster) law proposed in late 2025 would have allowed the government to dismiss the LRT director-general by simple majority, raising EU and public concern over editorial independence. Mass protests (up to 10,000 in Vilnius, December 2025; again April 2026) and an EU Council resolution led to suspension of the fast-track procedure pending a cross-party revision process, with the European Parliament noting incompatibility with the European Media Freedom Act.