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Papaevangelou C, Votta F. Trading nuance for scale? Platform observability and content governance under the DSA. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2025 [31 August 2026];14(3). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/platform-observability-and-content-governance

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Drawing on cutting-edge social media research, the authors explain why vetted researchers need to be granted broad access to social media data to meet the objectives of the DSA.

KEYWORDS: Social media, Digital Services Act (DSA), Transparency, Platform research, Data

Volume 15, Issue 1

Election research in the age of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act

Philipp Darius, Hertie School
Johannes Breuer, Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)
Simon Kruschinski, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Felicia Loecherbach, University of Amsterdam
Jasmin Riedl, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Sebastian Stier, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2080

In this paper, the authors discuss the implications of regulated data access under the European Digital Services Act for election research.

KEYWORDS: Digital Services Act (DSA), Regulatory governance, Digital platforms, Election research, Data access

The EU’s 2022 Digital Services Act mandates data access for researchers to study platform risks, but delays and diverging opinions of authorities hold back the DSA’s practical implementation.

KEYWORDS: Digital Services Act (DSA), Data access requests, Digital services coordinators

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Can we fix access to platform data? Europe’s Digital Services Act and the long quest for platform accountability and transparency

Svea Windwehr, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte/Society for Civil Rights
Joschka Selinger, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte/ Society for Civil Rights

PUBLISHED ON: 27 Mar 2024

From negative impacts on teenagers’ mental health to the abuse of data collection for political microtargeting and potentially abetting genocide against the Rohingya: in the past decade, online platforms like In

Volume 13, Issue 1

Regulating high-reach AI: On transparency directions in the Digital Services Act

Kasia Söderlund, Lund University
Emma Engström, Institute for Futures Studies
Kashyap Haresamudram, Lund University
Stefan Larsson, Lund University
Pontus Strimling, Institute for Futures Studies
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Mar 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.1.1746

Focusing on recommender systems used by dominant social media platforms as an example of high-reach AI, this study explores the directionality of transparency provisions introduced by the Digital Services Act and highlights the pivotal role of oversight authorities in addressing risks posed by high-reach AI technologies.

KEYWORDS: Digital Services Act (DSA), Social media, AI transparency, Content recommender systems, Artificial intelligence

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