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EU guidance on Digital Services Act ‘trusted flaggers’ has big questions to answer

By Sara Brandstätter ( September 15, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Comment) -- The EU Digital Services Act's trusted flagger regime is designed to improve the speed and accuracy of removing illegal content online, but its effectiveness depends on whether the organizations appointed are well enough resourced and funded while able to maintain their independence. The European Commission is drafting guidelines to address challenges that have emerged in the past year. They will need to answer some of the concerns and show how the model can work in practice.Online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube operating in the EU are required to remove illegal content swiftly under the Digital Services Act — and the recently passed content moderation law engages the “trusted flagger” system to make that process more effective....

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