Policy Critique9 min readDraft
The Digital Services Act is one of the most serious attempts to make large platforms more answerable to democratic institutions. Its transparency requirements matter. But transparency alone is not accountability.
A report can disclose a failure without changing the incentives that produced it. A dataset can reveal patterns without creating remedy. A risk assessment can become a compliance ritual if nobody can force the platform to act on what it knows.
The DSA's promise depends on whether transparency becomes the starting point for enforcement, civil society scrutiny, and meaningful correction.
Transparency is the floor. Accountability is what happens after disclosure.
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