Digital Services Act Transparency Database

The Digital Services Act (DSA) Transparency Database collects the content moderation decisions that providers of online platforms take on the content generated by their users in almost real-time. In particular, it records a standardised set of information about each content moderation decision, the so-called Statement of Reasons, which includes the action taken, the reasons behind the action as well as its legal or contractual basis among other information.

To enhance transparency and facilitate scrutiny over content moderation decisions, providers of online platforms need to submit these statements of reasons in a machine-readable format to the DSA Transparency Database, allowing to track online content moderation. Its website also offers various tools for accessing, analysing, and downloading the information that online platforms need to make available when they take content moderation decisions, contributing to the monitoring of the dissemination of illegal and harmful content online.