With few candidates for trusted flagger status, which is costly, earns no money, and creates a whole host of legal obligations, the European Commission is considering support measures. The Digital Service Act provides for a special status known as « trusted flagger ». Entities granted this status have a priority right to demand that platforms to which the DSA applies remove content they consider illegal, such as terrorist, child pornography or copyright infringing content. If the platforms do not respond favorably to their request, the trusted whistleblowers can refer the matter to the national authorities, with the eventual threat of sanction by the European Commission. But this seemingly privileged status is not attracting many people in the EU. To date, according to data from the European Commission, only 12 requests were submitted by trusted flaggers and accepted by a platform, and all concerned content present on TikTok. With no business model and costly…
