DSA whistleblower tool

Securing the Digital Space: DSA Whistleblower Tool

The Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to shape a safer and fairer online environment. It addresses issues such as illegal content, hate speech, and disinformation, while promoting transparency, accountability, in the EU's digital market. The regulation empowers users to challenge content moderation decisions, ensures access to key data for authorities and researchers, and it obliges very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) (which have more than 45 million users in the EU) to assess and mitigate systemic online risks.

The DSA Whistleblower Tool allows individuals with inside information to contribute towards creating a safer digital environment. It enables anonymous, or attributed, submissions of insights in any EU Official language. With encrypted data protection and adherence to legal frameworks, it offers a secure avenue for reporting harmful practices by VLOPs and VLOSEs.

We appreciate your willingness to provide information, whether in the form of reports, memos, email exchanges, data metrics, internal research, decisions, or any relevant context, spanning past, present, or future. We welcome contributions in any EU 24 official languages. Please visit the DSA Whistleblower Tool.

Your contribution matters, as it paves the way for a safer and more transparent online environment accessible to all.

If your information pertains to anti-competitive practices by “gatekeeper” platforms, which may constitute violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), you may submit it through the respective DMA whistleblower tool.

If your information relates to a complaint about individual content moderation decisions taken by the providers of online platforms, please note that the European Commission can only address systemic issues and it cannot intervene in individual content moderation disputes.

What Can Be Reported?

You can report any internal intelligence about the practices of VLOPs or VLOSEs that violate the obligations set forth in the Digital Services Act. This includes but is not limited to:

• Content moderation practices
• Functioning of recommender systems
• Advertising practices
• Assessment and mitigation of risks related to users' fundamental rights
• Public security and health concerns
• Civic discourse and electoral processes
• Protection of children's rights

Guarantees of Anonymity and Data Protection

The DSA whistleblower tool operates within the legal framework established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, ensuring that your data is processed lawfully and with due regard for your privacy rights.

We understand the importance of anonymity and data protection for whistleblowers. Rest assured, your data is encrypted both in transit and at rest to safeguard your identity and information. For further details on anonymity guarantees and data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Background

The Commission actively enforces the DSA, collaborating with national authorities. The enforcement process involves several steps. It begins with the Commission conducting investigations based on information obtained or received from reliable sources, which may lead to the suspicion of infringement. If warranted, the Commission can open an investigation, using tools such as requests for information, interviews, and inspections.

If breaches to the DSA are verified, proceedings are opened, allowing VLOPs/VLOSEs to be heard. Non-compliance decisions can result in fines up to 6% of global turnover.