Researching content moderation through platform transparency rules: the DSA as a research tool to address pro-Palestinian content censorship

October 28, 2024/in Analysis

by Valerie Bourjeily, Advanced LLM candidate in Technology Governance, University of Amsterdam Law School Academic Excellence Track (ACeT) Research Intern, ’24. 28 October 2024   The DSA aims to help researchers in understanding platform content moderation. This blog post discusses its relevance in researching the systemic censorship of pro-Palestinian content, and content moderation practices more […]

The DSA’s first shadow banning case

August 6, 2024/in Analysis

by Paddy Leerssen, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam 6 August 2024 This post discusses a recent decision from the Amsterdam District Court, in which an end-user of X was awarded damages due to the platform’s undisclosed ‘shadow banning’ of their profile.     An early victory for user rights: on 5 July 2024, […]

The DSA, disinformation and European elections: solutions through recommender systems?

June 17, 2024/in Analysis

The EU elections are a week behind us and we are amidst analysis of the voting results. Prior to the elections, two MEPs worried about disinformation affecting the elections. They proposed that VLOPs turn off personalised recommender systems and to explicitly stop recommender systems based on interaction. They continue by proposing four ways in which the DSA could be used to reach those goals. This blog post discusses these four proposed ways and compares the proposal to the current relevant EU policies in place.

This blog post discusses four ways to deploy the DSA as was proposed by 2 MEPs ahead of the EU elections around disinformation.

More than an advisory group: why The European Board for Digital Services has key roles in DSA enforcement

February 23, 2024/in Analysis

Julian Jaursch Two days after the Digital Services Act (DSA) became applicable in its entirety across the EU, a new group of regulators introduced by the DSA met for the first time: On February 19, 2024, the European Board for Digital Services (“the Board”) had its inaugural meeting in Brussels. While it is billed merely […]

Report on Expert Workshop – Navigating the DSA’s procedural turn: lessons from consumer law for ODR

February 6, 2024/in Analysis

Expert workshop 1 December 2023, 14:00 – 17:30 (CET), University of Amsterdam   Written by Kirsten Meiring, Anna van Duin & Paddy Leerssen Introduction On 1 December 2023, the DSA Observatory’s Anna van Duin and Paddy Leerssen organised an expert workshop on out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) under Article 21 of the DSA. This report provides […]