Social Media Giants Use Compliance Hurdles to Block European Election Researchers

By Anna Desmarais, wired.com · Ars Technica · 2026-07-25

Social Media Giants Use Compliance Hurdles to Block European Election Researchers

Ars Technica reports that major social media platforms are effectively neutralizing the EU's Digital Services Act by imposing insurmountable technical and administrative barriers on academic data requests. While the law mandates transparency, researchers investigating coordinated

Ars Technica reports that major social media platforms are effectively neutralizing the EU's Digital Services Act by imposing insurmountable technical and administrative barriers on academic data requests. While the law mandates transparency, researchers investigating coordinated