dsa

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of donor-specific antibody.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of dismounted situational awareness.

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

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of decisive strategic advantage, a level of advantage sufficient for complete world domination.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Digital Signature Algorithm.
2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Democratic Socialists of America.

   “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.”

3. (EU, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Digital Services Act.

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

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”