Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000853/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Anderson (ESN)
The community notes system, used on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), has been widely praised as an effective, transparent and decentralised tool for providing additional context to online content. Unlike traditional fact-checking, community notes allow a broad range of contributors to participate, reducing the risk of institutional bias in content moderation. However, given the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) provisions on platform responsibilities, there is some uncertainty about whether community notes fall under the regulation’s obligations for content moderation and systemic risk mitigation.
In this regard, I seek clarification on the following:
- 1.Regulatory status: Does the Commission consider community notes to be a form of content moderation subject to DSA obligations and if so, how does the regulation apply to decentralised, community-driven initiatives?
- 2.Safeguarding decentralised fact-checking: What measures will the Commission take to ensure that effective and independent tools such as community notes are not discouraged or restricted by DSA enforcement?
- 3.Platform responsibilities: How does the DSA differentiate between centralised fact-checking by platforms and decentralised initiatives such as community notes, and are platforms encouraged to adopt similar user-driven moderation models?
Submitted: 26.2.2025