EU Digital Services Act
Systemic Risk in Digital Services: Benchmarks for Evaluating Management of Risk of Terrorist Content Dissemination
December 19, 2024The Digital Services Act (DSA) requires designated Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOPs and VLOSEs) conduct assessments of the systemic risk of the dissemination of illegal content through their services- and to mitigate such risk where it arises. With regulators, researchers, civil society, and the general public finally due to see ...
Digital Services Act & Terrorist Content Online Regulation: Analysis and Comparison
September 14, 2024The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Regulation on Terrorist Content Online (TCO) are both legislative measures enacted by the European Union (EU) which are aimed at regulating digital services and combating the spread of harmful content online. While both measures are concerned with reducing online harm in the EU, they differ in the nature ...
Tech Against Terrorism’s Response to the EU Digital Services Act Consultation Process
August 16, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Tech Against Terrorism Response to the EU’s Terrorist Content Online Regulation
August 9, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Automation in Online Content Moderation: In Search of Lost Legitimacy and the Risks of Censorship
August 8, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
The EU Digital Services Act (DSA): Recommendations For An Effective Regulation Against Terrorist Content Online
September 18, 2023In 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Berlin carried out a sample analysis to test the extent to which YouTube, Facebook and Instagram block “manifestly illegal” terrorist content upon notification. Our findings raise doubts that the currently applied compliance systems of these companies achieve the objectives of making their services safe for users. As a ...