Report Article 35.2 DSA: effectiveness of systemic risk mitigation measures
Articles31 December 2025
On 18 November 2025, the European Digital Services Committee published its first report under Article 35(2) of the Digital Services Act (DSA), focusing on identifying the most recurrent systemic risks in very large online platforms and search engines (VLOPs and VLOSEs) in the European Union.
The European Digital Services Committee publishes the first report under Article 35.2 of the Digital Services Act (DSA), assessing systemic risks in large platforms and search engines and the effectiveness of measures to mitigate them.
Key points:
- Risks identified: illegal content, rights violations, democratic manipulation, and risks to minors and public health.
- Frequent problems: dangerous products, terrorist content, algorithmic discrimination, electoral deepfakes and health misinformation.
- Insufficient measures: poor automated moderation, lack of human oversight and opacity in recommendation systems.
- Lack of transparency: incomplete advertising repositories and weak controls on AI-generated synthetic content.
- Greater regulation: more requirements for VLOPs/VLOSEs and convergence with the AI Regulation on labelling and traceability.
The report warns that current measures are insufficient and announces tighter regulation to ensure transparency, traceability and protection of rights in digital environments.
Access the full article published by the European Commission here.
