“It Is Unfair, And It Would Be Unwise To Expect The User To Know The Law!” – Evaluating Reporting Mechanisms Under The Digital Services Act

This dataset provides <strong>annotated wireframe illustrations</strong> and <strong>interface screenshots</strong> of content reporting mechanisms (RMs) on <strong>Facebook</strong> and <strong>TikTok</strong>, evaluated within the context of the <strong>Digital Services Act (DSA)</strong>. The visual materials were designed to support <strong>expert interviews</strong> and a <strong>heuristic cognitive walkthrough</strong>, focusing on the <strong>usability</strong> and <strong>compliance</strong> of illegal content flagging processes across different <strong>EU member states</strong>.The dataset includes:<br><strong>Wireframe mockups</strong> of reporting flows on Facebook and TikTok.<strong>Comparative interface designs</strong> for Facebook across <strong>France, Germany, Austria, and other EU member states</strong>.<strong>Detailed sequence visualizations</strong> for specific categories such as <strong>terrorist content</strong> on TikTok, including:Original interface screenshots,Annotated process steps with legal context (e.g., distinctions between ToS and legal reporting),Complexity markers (e.g., number of steps, required user inputs, legal references).<strong>Color-coded annotations</strong> (e.g., <strong>blue</strong> for Terms of Service, <strong>red</strong> for legal obligations) and <strong>jurisdiction-specific variations</strong> in interface design.<br>