Today the European Commission took a significant step by designating three new Very Large Online Platforms or Search Engines (VLOPSEs): 1️⃣ ChatGPT 2️⃣ Reddit 3️⃣ Roblox This means researchers will be eligible for data access to these platforms starting January 2027. But what makes this so significant?

The #DSA40 Collaboratory newsletter #4 is out! Catching up on enforcement, court rulings, and everything data access 🔍 Inside you'll find: 🤝 Community initiatives 💡 Practical tips for data access applications 📅 Sept 2025–May 2026 DSA enforcement timeline 📚 Summer reading list

Yesterday @cnam-ie.bsky.social published a new version of their Guidance for Data Access Applications to "non-public" data under Art. 40(4-11) DSA. What's new? At first glance that's hard to say.

Coimisiún na Meán@cnam-ie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 We're delighted to release an updated version of our Guidance on Article 40(4-11) of the #DSA. This document provides information about the data access process, and we strongly recommend reviewing it prior to submitting an application. #DigitalServicesAct

🚨 Reminder: Tomorrow we close data collection for our planned publication. Please support us by adding your application to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker and sharing the tracker with others who have applied for access: 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

Researchers, journalists, civil society folks & policymakers — come have breakfast with us! 🥐 19 May @ Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin (2nd day of #rp26) We're talking platform data, DSA Article 40, and how it contributes to a competitive EU. 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-breakfast/

If your request has been decided, please update it. Please also forward this call to researchers, journalists, or civil society groups who've applied for data access but have not yet used the tracker. We'll use the insights gathered across submissions to further develop our existing guidance!

DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory@dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Final days to contribute to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker. This month, we're making one last push to collect as many data access experiences as possible before we lock the dataset for our first publication. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

📢 Final days to contribute to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker. This month, we're making one last push to collect as many data access experiences as possible before we lock the dataset for our first publication. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

🚨 First DSA Art. 40(4) data access decisions are in! Coimisiún na Meán has sent out its first responses to researcher applications. Did you apply for DSA data access? Log it in the DSA40 Tracker (takes ~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica... Your input helps build researcher support tools!

If you applied for 40.4 DSA access, I'd be super interested to chat (we @algorithmwatch.org did - algorithmwatch.org/en/google-ai...). And also, remember, fill in the @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social tracker! www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

Are Google AI Overviews killing media pluralism? AlgorithmWatch amongst first organizations to investigate that. - AlgorithmWatch

Google could destroy the web traffic which is the life-blood of organisations who produce reliable information. This is thanks to their new AI Overviews – a tool that hides links to real websites, in ...

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Durchbruch für digitale Rechte – und für den Kampf gegen #Desinformation und #Wahlbeeinflussung online: Das Kammergericht Berlin entschied heute, dass die Plattform #X unserer Partnerorganisation @democracyreporting.bsky.social Zugang zu #Forschungsdaten geben muss. 💪

We've published an Open Letter urging EU policymakers to reject the Digital Omnibus' proposed Amendment to Article 12(5) GDPR, which would undermine citizens' data access rights & the researchers who depend on them for #DataDonation research. Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.

Today in Tech Policy Press: @markscott.bsky.social and our coordinator @lkseiling.bsky.social write about the precarious state of data access - and the care required to realise its potential as a foundational democratic function. The full article is freely accessible through the link below ⬇️

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Two years into Europe’s Digital Services Act, data access for researchers is on life support, write Mark Scott and LK Seiling. Yet an alternative future is possible—one built on openness, interoperability, and platforms that treat data access as a civic and scientific good.

Excited to have used the brand new Digital Services Act 40.4 Data Access Portal to request data on Google AI Overviews. Thanks to support from @spielkamp.bsky.social @lejlamarcius.bsky.social & Michele Loi, plus great prep resources from @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social, @bnetza.bsky.social & others

AlgorithmWatch@algorithmwatch.org · 11mo ago

Google rolled out AI Overviews earlier this year. Many users now see AI-generated summaries above traditional search results. This doesn’t just risk spreading unreliable answers, it could also divert traffic away from independent media and threaten media pluralism: algorithmwatch.org/en/google-ai...

The key terms here are: 1) burdensome procedures 2)burdensome tools While the findings themselves are not public, let's take a closer look 🧵👇

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The @ec.europa.eu preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act. The EC also finds that Meta and TikTok have put in place "burdensome procedures and tools for researchers to request access to public data." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

We already have over 100 sign-ups but a few spots are still available for Day 1 of the Data Access Days on research access to platform data under the Digital Services Act (DSA) — happening on 25 September 2025. Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-... #DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct

It’s been a while — but our newsletter is finally here! In this edition, we skip the “risk in focus” to bring you: 🛠️ An update on what we’ve been doing 📊 Our top 5 insights data access highlights 🗓️ An overview of upcoming calls, workshops, and ongoing surveys dsa40collaboratory.eu/newsletters/...

Register to the #DSA40 Data Access days today before we reach maximum capacity! Join us in Berlin, September 25 & 26 - to connect and collaborate around DSA-based data access! More info here: dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

Weizenbaum-Institut@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · last yr.

To all the #DSA experts and data access enthusiast out there, before you go on holiday, sign up & save the date for the #dsa40 data access days in Berlin, September 25 & 26! 2 days with keynotes, panels, expert insights and practical guidance 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

„Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss” – @lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social: 🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️ #dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social

Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss

Das letzte Puzzlestück für den Forschungszugang für nicht öffentlich verfügbare Plattformdaten ist da. Die Aufgaben für DSCs, Forschende und Plattformen sind nun klar verteilt. Die Wissenschaftler:inn...

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For Tech Policy Press, the Collaboratory's core team and @claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · last yr.

LK Seiling, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, and Claes H. de Vreese outline what’s needed from researchers, platforms, and regulators to make data access under the EU’s Digital Services Act work.

Wanna know what changed between the Draft of the Delegated Act on Research Data Access in the #DSA? We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa... Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...

📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond: Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.

Platforms need to be researched on the risks they pose to society, like our civic discourse or our mental health. But the relationships between researchers, platforms and regulators are complicated. @lkseiling.bsky.social presenting their work on the #DSA at #WIConf2025

Want to request platform data under Art. 40 DSA? Our new #DSA40 Q&A explains 🇪🇺 the legal background, 📝 how to request data (public & non-public), and 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 next steps. Based on work by Julian Jaursch & @lorenzspreen.bsky.social —thank you for letting us build on it! dsa40collaboratory.eu/faq/

Ahead of the German Federal Elections🗳️, civil society orgs closely monitored digital election risks📈, assessing party strategies and platform compliance under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and AI Act. A week after the polls closed ⬇️

Are you interested in accessing platform data as a vetted researcher under Article 40 of the DSA? Please take 5 minutes to complete this survey from the Irish DSC and share it with colleagues. www.cnam.ie/industry-and...

Vetted Researcher Data Access - Coimisiún na Meán

Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) makes provision for researchers to access data from Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) for the purposes of st...

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You experience the same? Get in touch with @lkseiling.bsky.social and the @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social !

New Policy Paper: @lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social, & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social provide feedback on the Delegated Regulation on Data Access outlined in the #EU Digital Services Act #DSA. ➡️ www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/... @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social

Today, 3 members of our core team published a text on the draft delegated act today. They summarise the draft, point out what's good and provide a critique of why it falls short in providing a solid foundation for risk governance by not ensuring reliability & accessibility of non-public data access.

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 2y ago

The European Commission is accepting feedback on a draft delegated act under the DSA to govern researcher access to platform data. The draft introduces many commendable ideas, but suffers from a limited conception of empirical research, write Lukas Seiling, Ulrike Klinger, and Jakob Ohme.

@alhohlfeld.bsky.social created this overview over the risk reports - feel free to add information if you know about some of the missing reports docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

DSA: Risk Assessment & Audit Database

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European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 2y ago

A new era of transparency and accountability begins this week. The first 19 very large online platforms and search engines must publish risk assessment and audit reports under the Digital Services Act. The reports address risks like disinformation and protection of minors ↓ europa.eu/!MqRFdQ

We just published our second newsletter! This time we cover: 📃 the draft delegated act on data access ⛔ known issues around public and non-public data access 🗳️ election interference as a risk in focus and 📜 other developments around the DSA take a look: dsa40collaboratory.eu/newsletters/...