Assessing Systemic Risk Under the Digital Services Act

One of the most significant concepts in Europe’s Digital Services Act is that of “systemic risk,” which relates to the spread of illegal content, or content that might have foreseeable negative effects on the exercise of fundamental rights or on on civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and so forth. The DSA requires companies to carry out risk assessments to detail whether they are adequately addressing such risks on their platforms. What exactly amounts to systemic risk and how exactly to go about assessing it is still up in the air in these early days of the DSA’s implementation.

In today’s episode, Tech Policy Press Staff Writer Gabby Miller speaks with three experts involved in conversations to try and get to best practices:

• Jason Pielemeier, Executive Director of the Global Network Initiative;
• David Sullivan, Executive Director of the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership; and
• Chantal Joris, Senior Legal Officer at Article 19