News and Research articles on Data access

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
Digital Services Act (DSA)

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 8, Issue 2

Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe’s data protection policies

James Meese, University of Technology Sydney
Punit Jagasia, University of Technology Sydney
James Arvanitakis, Western Sydney University
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Jun 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.2.1409

This paper examines data protection policies in Australia and Europe and outlines how both frameworks evoke different notions of citizenship.

KEYWORDS: Data access, General Data Protection Regulation, Consumer Data Right, Privacy, Data protection