News and Research articles on Risk mitigation measure

Volume 14, Issue 4

Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA

Jan Rau, Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) | Sub-Institute Hamburg
Jan-Ole Harfst, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
Tobias Mast, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
PUBLISHED ON: 8 Dec 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2054

This paper proposes a voluntary user badge that rewards commitment to civic norms in digital platform communication with increased visibility, aiming to enhance discourse quality and restructure attention distribution.

KEYWORDS: Platform governance, Fundamental rights, Hate speech, Risk mitigation measure, Digital Services Act