The commitment also includes a requirement for a structured internal monitoring framework, overseen by a dedicated team, to systematically assess implementation and effectiveness of all commitments for 5-years, which will be reviewed through systemic risk assessment and audit requirements.

🌐 A commitment to maintain a webpage providing relevant information on data access for researchers.

🧩 A commitment to maintain a dedicated API for eligible researchers to retrieve and download relevant data.

📊 A commitment to provide customised datasets to eligible researchers upon request.

These include:

🔍 A commitment to enable independent researchers that meet DSA 40.12 criteria to independently access and analyze publicly available platform data in relation to systemic risk, including through automated means (with a specific reference to "data scraping").

Have you seen any reporting of what tools USCIS plans to use?

The path forward is clear: designing algorithms to promote long-term user value instead of short-term engagement.

Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.

Would love to know what you think!

KGI’s submission builds on crucial work to expand platform transparency by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research @geurkink.bsky.social,
@olivermmarsh.bsky.social, @rocher.lc, @henrytuck.bsky.social, and countless others!