This resource offers practical guidance on the platform transparency obligations now taking effect across the EU. Transparency is central to the Digital Services Act and to public trust in the online environment.

Drawing on our members’ experience, the guidance aims to help organisations understand what is expected and how to meet these obligations in a clear and consistent way.

Effective transparency means giving users meaningful information about content moderation, advertising and recommender systems, presented in a way that is genuinely useful rather than overwhelming.

It also means consistency. Aligned reporting formats and shared expectations across the single market reduce duplication and make the information easier for users, researchers and regulators to compare.

Transparency works best when it is meaningful and consistent — informing people without burying them in detail.

DOT Europe

DOT Europe will keep sharing practical input with regulators to ensure transparency obligations deliver real accountability while remaining workable in practice.