On Wednesday 2 July, the European Commission adopted a delegated act under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designed to guarantee researchers “unprecedented” access to the internal data of the nineteen ‘very large online platforms’ (‘VLOPs‘) designated by the Regulation (namely AliExpress, Amazon, Apple, Pornhub, Booking, Google, Shein, LinkedIn, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, XNXX, Snapchat, Stripchat, TikTok, X, Temu, XVideos and Wikipedia).
The new rules should enable researchers...