Under the #EU jurisdiction, every large online platform (#VLOP) or very large search engine (#VLOSE) needs to provide annual reports on risks associated with how their respective is designed, and works in practice.

Topics are, among others: preventing harms to fundamental rights and to election processes; gender-based violence.

It's been mandatory for three years now. The European Center for Not-for-profit Law (#ECNL) has analyzed those reports, and found recurring issues:

• Vague risk statements
• Insufficient attention to fundamental rights
• Irrelevant or missing data
• Limited stakeholder engagement
• Neglect of EU diversity

https://edri.org/our-work/five-lessons-from-three-years-of-risk-assessments-under-the-digital-services-act/

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