The European
Commission has launched its Digital Services Act (DSA) Transparency Database.
Article 17
of the DSA requires hosting services providers to provide a service recipient a
"statement of reasons" explaining their decision to remove or disable
access to specific items of information provided by the recipient. The statement of reasons must be clear and
easily comprehensible and as precise and specific as reasonably possible, so as
to reasonably allow the service recipient to effectively exercise their redress
options.
Article
24(5) of the DSA obliges the European Commission to establish a publicly
accessible and searchable database, which will store providers' statements of
reasons for the removal of information and other content moderation decisions.
Providers must submit their decision and statement of reasons to the
Commission's database in a standard format, without undue delay after taking a
decision.
Only Very
Large Online Platforms, as designated under the DSA, are required to submit
data to the database. Other providers of online platforms, with the exception
of micro and small enterprises, will have to submit data on their content
moderation decisions from 17 February 2024.
The aim of
the database is to achieve real-time updates. The Commission launched a
consultation on the format of the database in June 2023.
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