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Click, Branch, Audit: A Decision-Tree Toolkit for Assessing Fundamental Rights Impacts under the Digital Services Act of Very Large Platforms & Search Engines
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Till Winkler, Maria-Lucia Rebrean +4
The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) requires Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines (VLOPs/VLOSEs) to assess and mitigate systemic risks, including actual or foreseeable nega…
When Is Content "AI-Generated Enough"? Labelling Synthetic Media under the Digital Services Act and the AI Act
Marie-Therese Sekwenz
European platform and AI governance increasingly relies on transparency duties to address synthetic and manipulated media. Under the DSA, very large online platforms and search eng…
"There is literally zero funding": Understanding the Emerging Role of Trusted Flaggers under the EU Digital Services Act
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Kyle Beadle, Simon Parkin
The European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) introduced regulatory mechanisms which serve as a way to manage harmful content online. The recognition of Trusted Flaggers (TFs) is…
Prompt template for a fictitious LLM agent in a content-flagging experiment
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Daria Simons, Alina Wundsam
Digital regulations such as the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) represent major efforts to shape human-centered and human rights-based frameworks for society. Yet, as t…
From Reports to Reality: Testing Consistency in Instagram's Digital Services Act Compliance Data
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Ben Wagner, Hans De Bruijn
The Digital Services Act (DSA) introduces harmonized rules for content moderation and platform governance in the European Union, mandating robust compliance mechanisms, particularl…
Doing Audits Right? The Role of Sampling and Legal Content Analysis in Systemic Risk Assessments and Independent Audits in the Digital Services Act
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Rita Gsenger, Scott Dahlgren +1
A central requirement of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) is that online platforms undergo internal and external audits. A key component of these audits is the asses…
Mapping Compliance: A Taxonomy for Political Content Analysis under the EU's Digital Electoral Framework
Marie-Therese Sekwenz, Rita Gsenger
The rise of digital platforms has transformed political campaigning, introducing complex regulatory challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive taxonomy for analyzing political…