AWO

Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics (George Washington University)

The Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP)’s mission is to help the public, journalists, and policymakers understand digital media’s influence on public dialogue and opinion, and to develop solutions[...]

Subject tag: Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Research

European External Action Service

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity, security,[...]

Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Public Policy | Research

The Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory

The “Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory” is a project run by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, which acts as a hub of expertise on[...]

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism

European Commission

The Commission helps to shape the EU’s overall strategy, proposes new EU laws and policies, monitors their implementation and manages the EU budget. It also plays a significant role in[...]

European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT)

The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) contributes with scientific and technical expertise to the European Commission’s exclusive supervisory and enforcement role of the systemic obligations on designated Very Large[...]

Subject tag: Algorithmic systems

Mozilla Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation works to ensure the internet remains a public resource that is open and accessible to us all.

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Data Access | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection

European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)

The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) works to strengthen and enable collaboration among a multidisciplinary community of stakeholders tackling online disinformation. It brings together fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and academic[...]

Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation

EU – US Trade and Technology Council

The Trade and Technology Council was set up at the June 2021 EU-US summit and serves as a forum for the European Union and the United States to coordinate approaches[...]

Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Data Access | Privacy and data protection

EDMO Working Group for the Creation of an Independent Intermediary Body to Support Research on Digital Platforms

Sixteen representatives of very large online platforms, academia, and civil society have begun work to develop an organizational model for a new independent intermediary body that will facilitate data sharing[...]

Subject tag: Data Access | Privacy and data protection

Seminar

The Digital Services Act and The Code of Practice on Disinformation

September 12, 2022

The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) represents a major step in regulating online platforms and tackling a range of identified and potential harms. As the question shifts to one of[...]

Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation

Conference

GNI Annual Learning Forum 2023 “Lessons from 15 Years of Tech Accountability”

October 25, 2023

Where: Brussels

Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) is emerging as a key practice in tech company conduct, civil society guidance, and government regulation. Having contributed to this trend over the last 15[...]

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Data Access | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection

Workshop

Afternoon Sessions – DSA Stakeholder Workshops

June 27, 2023

The DSA Stakeholder Workshop event took place on the 27 of June 2023. There was four evening workshops followed by a closing plenary: Bringing the DSA to reality: how to[...]

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency

Workshop

EU – US Trade and Technology Council: Workshop on data access for researchers

March 25, 2022

The EU and the US organised a joint workshop in the context of TTC Working Group 5 bringing together academics from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the topic[...]

Subject tag: Data Access

Workshop

EU – US Trade and Technology Council: Workshop on Algorithmic Amplification

March 4, 2022

The EU and the US organised a joint workshop in the context of TTC Working Group 5 bringing together academics from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the topic[...]

Subject tag: Algorithmic systems

Workshop

EU – US Trade and Technology Council: Workshop on Transparency of Content Moderation Measures

February 11, 2022

The EU and the US organised a joint workshop in the context of TTC Working Group 5 bringing together academics from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the topic[...]

Subject tag: Content moderation | Data Access

Legislation or legislative material

Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation 2022 (Text)

The 2022 Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation builds on the pioneering 2018 Code while setting more ambitious commitments and measures aimed at countering online disinformation. The new Code brings[...]

Published date: June 16, 2022

Subject tag: Advertising | Disinformation and misinformation | Hate speech | Terrorism and violent extremism

Best practice guide | Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

Facebook and Google: This is What an Effective Ad Archive API Looks Like

Mozilla and a cohort of independent researchers detail the key traits that make for an effective ad archive including fully functional APIs. Functional APIs should have: comprehensive political advertising content.The[...]

Published date: March 28, 2019

Subject tag: Advertising | Data Access

Research report | Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

The extraterritorial implications of the Digital Services Act

As the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) is gathering speed, a number of non-EU based civil society and research organizations have wondered to what extent the DSA can[...]

Published date: November 1, 2023

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism

Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

The DSA must ensure public data for public interest research

Mozilla Foundation and a group of civil society experts gathered to discuss the implementation of the Digital Services Act’s public data sharing scheme in practice.

Published date: June 27, 2023

Subject tag: Data Access | Privacy and data protection | Public data | Public interest research | Researcher access

Legislation or legislative material

EU Digital Services Act

In order to safeguard and improve the functioning of the internal market, a targeted set of uniform, effective and proportionate mandatory rules should be established at Union level. This Regulation[...]

Published date: October 19, 2022

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism

Digital application

The Citizen Browser Project

At the center of The Citizen Browser Project is a custom web browser designed by The Markup to audit the algorithms that social media platforms use to determine what information[...]

Published date: October 16, 2020

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Data Access

Research report | Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

Report of the European Digital Media Observatory’s Working Group on Platform-to-Researcher Data Access

This report summarizes the work and shares the findings of a cross-sector, multi-stakeholder Working Group established by the European Digital Media Observatory(EDMO) in May 2021 to begin drafting a Code[...]

Published date: March 21, 2023

Subject tag: Data Access

Research report

From ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini: when would generative AI products fall within the scope of the Digital Services Act?

In this post, digital policy specialists Mathias Vermeulen and Laureline Lemoine of law firm and consultancy AWO explain in which circumstances generative AI product and tools would be subject to[...]

Published date: February 12, 2024

Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Generative AI

Research report

Researcher Access to Platform Data: European Developments

This commentary examines the scope of the data-sharing regime under the Digital Services Act, as well as which researchers will be able to access data under the framework, and using[...]

Published date: September 1, 2022

Subject tag: Data Access

Best practice guide | Research report | Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

The Future of Global Tech Policy: Driving Healthy Digital Policies for Children, Families, and Society

Common Sense Media analyzed key global acts of legislation that are making technology safer and healthier for children, families, and society (see charts below). This report highlights legislation already in[...]

Published date: May 1, 2023

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Disinformation and misinformation | Terrorism and violent extremism

Government policy documents | Research report

Overview of proposals related to online advertising in DSA, DMA and other legislation

AWO data rights agency put together an overview of all the proposals related to online advertising in the DSA, DMA and other legislation. The overview is an invaluable source to[...]

Published date: July 2, 2021

Subject tag: Advertising | Data Access

Research report

Study on the impact of recent developments in digital advertising on privacy, publishers and advertisers

This study has collated evidence which on balance indicates a strong case to reform digital advertising. It indicates that the status quo is unsustainable for individuals, publishers and advertisers. Digital[...]

Published date: January 1, 2023

Subject tag: Advertising | Privacy and data protection