Enabling Research with Publicly Accessible Platform Data: Early DSA Compliance Issues and Suggestions for Improvement

dc.contributor.authorJaursch, Julian
dc.contributor.authorOhme, Jakob
dc.contributor.authorKlinger, Ulrike
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-10T14:35:26Z
dc.date.available2024-04-10T14:35:26Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) requires very large online platforms and search engines (VLOPs) to provide publicly accessible data to researchers meeting certain requirements (Article 40(12)). While some platforms have taken laudable steps to implement such data access opportunities, serious concerns remain about full compliance with the DSA in this regard. This is reflected in the European Commission’s effort to request information from 17 VLOPs on how they comply with Article 40(12). Currently, researchers from academia and civil society still face significant hurdles when trying to request publicly accessible data from VLOPs. To provide the Commission and Digital Services Coordinators with insights for their oversight work, this paper offers an analysis of early experiences with Article 40(12) data access requests and suggestions for improvement. It is based on conversations with researchers and on data collected through the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker.de
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Weizenbaum Institute is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF)
dc.identifier.citationJaursch, J., Ohme, J., & Klinger, U. (2024). Enabling Research with Publicly Accessible Platform Data: Early DSA Compliance Issues and Suggestions for Improvement (Weizenbaum Policy Paper, 9). http://www.doi.org/10.34669/WI.WPP/9
dc.identifier.issn2940-8490
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/572
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institut
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleEnabling Research with Publicly Accessible Platform Data: Early DSA Compliance Issues and Suggestions for Improvement
dc.typeWorkingPaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
local.researchgroupDynamiken digitaler Nachrichtenvermittlung
local.researchtopicDigitale Märkte und Öffentlichkeiten auf Plattformen
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