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X Prevents Research on Potential Election Interference
The social media platform X denied researchers access to public data on its platform. Together with Democracy Reporting International (DRI), we achieved a major success in summary proceedings.
DRI aims to use this data to study the influence of social media platforms on the upcoming Bundestag election and to increase transparency regarding potential manipulations before the vote. The lawsuit is based on the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires platforms to grant researchers access to relevant data. We see it as our right under the Digital Services Act to access data and strengthen the public good by showing how political campaigns evolve on social media platforms,” says Michael Meyer-Resende, Executive Director of DRI.
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