DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory

Today the European Commission took a significant step by designating three new Very Large Online Platforms or Search Engines (VLOPSEs): 1️⃣ ChatGPT 2️⃣ Reddit 3️⃣ Roblox This means researchers will be eligible for data access to these platforms starting January 2027. But what makes this so significant?

3️⃣ 🎮 Roblox Roblox is the first gaming platform designated a VLOPSE — arguably long overdue given the Commission’s focus on child protection. Access to Roblox' Creator Hub and Marketplace could give researchers better access to study harmful content, child gambling and exploitative labour practices.

Today the European Commission took a significant step by designating three new Very Large Online Platforms or Search Engines (VLOPSEs): 1️⃣ ChatGPT 2️⃣ Reddit 3️⃣ Roblox This means researchers will be eligible for data access to these platforms starting January 2027. But what makes this so significant?

1️⃣ ChatGPT Researchers will likely gain free API access to study responses to prompts (e.g. on elections). Even more groundbreaking: non public access could potentially mean access to training data — the AI industry’s best-kept secret — opening the door to unprecedented scrutiny.

The #DSA40 Collaboratory newsletter #4 is out! Catching up on enforcement, court rulings, and everything data access 🔍 Inside you'll find: 🤝 Community initiatives 💡 Practical tips for data access applications 📅 Sept 2025–May 2026 DSA enforcement timeline 📚 Summer reading list

Yesterday @cnam-ie.bsky.social published a new version of their Guidance for Data Access Applications to "non-public" data under Art. 40(4-11) DSA. What's new? At first glance that's hard to say.

3️⃣ If applicants and VLOPSEs want to claim confidentitality, they need to identify sensitive info, explain the harm, submit confidential/redacted AND non-confidential versions, as well as a non-confidential summary. (Also, blacking out entire pages or sections is explicitly called out as inadequate)

Yesterday @cnam-ie.bsky.social published a new version of their Guidance for Data Access Applications to "non-public" data under Art. 40(4-11) DSA. What's new? At first glance that's hard to say.

1️⃣ The guidance now also targets VLOPSEs. "You/your" became "Applicant(s)" and VLOPs/VLOEs are now also explicitly told to get their own legal advice. This makes the new document far from balanced - but still, it's a noteworthy shift.

Yesterday @cnam-ie.bsky.social published a new version of their Guidance for Data Access Applications to "non-public" data under Art. 40(4-11) DSA. What's new? At first glance that's hard to say.

Like v1, the document is not machine-readable. No text selection, no clickable links. 🙃 So we fixed that for you. A comparison of both versions is now available on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/cnam-guidance/ (all underlying files also on our GitHub repo: github.com/access-colla...)

🚨 Reminder: Tomorrow we close data collection for our planned publication. Please support us by adding your application to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker and sharing the tracker with others who have applied for access: 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

Mapping the realities of DSA data access requires community input. Find our initial insights here: dsa40collaboratory.eu/tracker-insi...

Researchers, journalists, civil society folks & policymakers — come have breakfast with us! 🥐 19 May @ Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin (2nd day of #rp26) We're talking platform data, DSA Article 40, and how it contributes to a competitive EU. 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-breakfast/

📢 Final days to contribute to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker. This month, we're making one last push to collect as many data access experiences as possible before we lock the dataset for our first publication. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

📢 Final days to contribute to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker. This month, we're making one last push to collect as many data access experiences as possible before we lock the dataset for our first publication. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

🚨 First DSA Art. 40(4) data access decisions are in! Coimisiún na Meán has sent out its first responses to researcher applications. Did you apply for DSA data access? Log it in the DSA40 Tracker (takes ~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica... Your input helps build researcher support tools!

🔍 Key learnings from their rejected request by @cgoanta.bsky.social and @andai.bsky.social: 1. Art. 40 is mainly a legal administrative procedure 2. It's about institutional capacities 3. It takes time, so apply only when prepared 4. It's not a magic bullet dsa-observatory.eu/2026/03/12/i...

🚨 First DSA Art. 40(4) data access decisions are in! Coimisiún na Meán has sent out its first responses to researcher applications. Did you apply for DSA data access? Log it in the DSA40 Tracker (takes ~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica... Your input helps build researcher support tools!

New to DSA data access? Check out the links below: 📋 CnaM application guidance www.cnam.ie/app/uploads/... Also sign up to their newsletter!

For Tech Policy Press, the Collaboratory's core team and @claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.

Want to rise to the occasion? Join our data access days to connect with other researchers working on and with data access and to start drafting your own Art. 40(4) application! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...