A big win for online transparency and platform accountability!
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A big win for online transparency and platform accountability!
The Berlin Court of Appeals has ruled that X must give Democracy Reporting International access to the research data we need to study information manipulation during Hungary's April elections.
Via DRI on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/democracyreporting.bsky.social/post/3mf36smv6ns2g
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A big win for online transparency and platform accountability!
The Berlin Court of Appeals has ruled that X must give Democracy Reporting International access to the research data we need to study information manipulation during Hungary's April elections.
Via DRI on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/democracyreporting.bsky.social/post/3mf36smv6ns2g
X has refused to share data for DRI to investigate information manipulation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour during the Hungarian elections.
So we took them to court.
Article 40.12 of the DSA is clear: civil society researchers have the right to platform data to study systemic risks.
This ruling sets a precedent. It confirms that the right to data access under the DSA has real teeth. Courts in Germany can enforce it.
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X has refused to share data for DRI to investigate information manipulation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour during the Hungarian elections.
So we took them to court.
Article 40.12 of the DSA is clear: civil society researchers have the right to platform data to study systemic risks.
This ruling sets a precedent. It confirms that the right to data access under the DSA has real teeth. Courts in Germany can enforce it.
No need to go to Ireland, where X and most platforms are based.
For civil society, this means lower costs, fewer barriers, and more justice.
Now it's time for us to gain access to the data and do our job.
The work was done together with @Freiheitsrechte and Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte for making this happen.
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