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Researcher-side witnesses to application friction and access outcomes
These are researchers and nonprofit organisations voluntarily contributing their experiences to the DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory. They supply accounts of platform applications and may receive practical application support. The collective represents participating reporters, not every researcher seeking access under the Digital Services Act.
The Collaboratory combines application assistance with collection of reported statuses and refusal reasons. Its September 2026 material includes partial reasons involving research purpose, necessity, completeness, affiliation and location. The organisers contest some categories, but that assessment is not a regulator's ruling on an individual case. Its separate issue tracker records practical service problems, including historical Meta submission interruption and a TikTok data outage. Particular tracked applicants are not identified in the acquired record, and an accepted application does not itself show that usable data arrived.
DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026 → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Counts5purpose,2necessity/proportionality,1incomplete,1mismatch,1affiliation,2EUlocation sum12 not27refusals; overlap/coverage unknown. Organiser calls latter2categories invalid, not an adjudication.27application-text submissions and12Article34mentions are different denominators.
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Issuepage lists historicalMeta submission interruptionDec2024–Apr2025 andTikTok data outageJan2025, with no known currentcriticalissues inorganiser scope. No individualAliExpress refusal/cure or incidentlogs acquired.
DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026 → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
70headline/68table and61homepagepublic/60tablepublic8nonpublic retained. 24accepted/27rejected agree betweenheadline/table;17open table. No rates/generalization or inferred missing cases.
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
PaperPDF35 and entry show support plus self-report collection and policy engagement; not an independent audit of every platform decision.
Research applications: reported reasons, incomplete decision records ↗
DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026 → reports application statuses with unreconciled denominators → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Reported by the cited source
70headline/68table and61homepagepublic/60tablepublic8nonpublic retained. 24accepted/27rejected agree betweenheadline/table;17open table. No rates/generalization or inferred missing cases.
DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026 → publishes partial reported refusal categories and organiser assessments → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Reported by the cited source
Counts5purpose,2necessity/proportionality,1incomplete,1mismatch,1affiliation,2EUlocation sum12 not27refusals; overlap/coverage unknown. Organiser calls latter2categories invalid, not an adjudication.27application-text submissions and12Article34mentions are different denominators.
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory → offers application support and recruits submitted experiences → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Reported by the cited source
PaperPDF35 and entry show support plus self-report collection and policy engagement; not an independent audit of every platform decision.
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory → reports checked practical issues separate from application decisions → Collaboratory participants — voluntary researcher accounts
Reported by the cited source
Issuepage lists historicalMeta submission interruptionDec2024–Apr2025 andTikTok data outageJan2025, with no known currentcriticalissues inorganiser scope. No individualAliExpress refusal/cure or incidentlogs acquired.