Algorithmic Transparency: The EU Digital Services Act and Young People’s Experiences of Online Platforms

Megan Nyhan, Susan Leavy, Pranav Narula, Kevin Doherty, Barry O’Sullivan, Ruihai Dong, Izzy Fox, Josephine Griffith
Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, PMLR 294:452-456, 2025.

Abstract

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) is currently being enforced across the EU, and several countries are introducing online safety regulations. As efforts to regulate digital spaces continue, so does evidence highlighting risks young people face from inappropriate content online, raising concerns about potential long-term psychological harm. To explore how the experiences of young people on large online platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram, align with the focus of transparency obligations under the DSA, this paper provides details of a project that designed a series of stakeholder engagement studies. The project aims to demonstrate how engaging directly with young people on their experiences online is a vital measure to both inform the progress of the DSA and guide its implementation across the EU.

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BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v294-nyhan25a, title = {Algorithmic Transparency: The EU Digital Services Act and Young People’s Experiences of Online Platforms}, author = {Nyhan, Megan and Leavy, Susan and Narula, Pranav and Doherty, Kevin and O'Sullivan, Barry and Dong, Ruihai and Fox, Izzy and Griffith, Josephine}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness}, pages = {452--456}, year = {2025}, editor = {Weerts, Hilde and Pechenizkiy, Mykola and Allhutter, Doris and Corrêa, Ana Maria and Grote, Thomas and Liem, Cynthia}, volume = {294}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, month = {30 Jun--02 Jul}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlresearch/v294/main/assets/nyhan25a/nyhan25a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/nyhan25a.html}, abstract = {The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) is currently being enforced across the EU, and several countries are introducing online safety regulations. As efforts to regulate digital spaces continue, so does evidence highlighting risks young people face from inappropriate content online, raising concerns about potential long-term psychological harm. To explore how the experiences of young people on large online platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram, align with the focus of transparency obligations under the DSA, this paper provides details of a project that designed a series of stakeholder engagement studies. The project aims to demonstrate how engaging directly with young people on their experiences online is a vital measure to both inform the progress of the DSA and guide its implementation across the EU.} }
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%0 Conference Paper %T Algorithmic Transparency: The EU Digital Services Act and Young People’s Experiences of Online Platforms %A Megan Nyhan %A Susan Leavy %A Pranav Narula %A Kevin Doherty %A Barry O’Sullivan %A Ruihai Dong %A Izzy Fox %A Josephine Griffith %B Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness %C Proceedings of Machine Learning Research %D 2025 %E Hilde Weerts %E Mykola Pechenizkiy %E Doris Allhutter %E Ana Maria Corrêa %E Thomas Grote %E Cynthia Liem %F pmlr-v294-nyhan25a %I PMLR %P 452--456 %U https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/nyhan25a.html %V 294 %X The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) is currently being enforced across the EU, and several countries are introducing online safety regulations. As efforts to regulate digital spaces continue, so does evidence highlighting risks young people face from inappropriate content online, raising concerns about potential long-term psychological harm. To explore how the experiences of young people on large online platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram, align with the focus of transparency obligations under the DSA, this paper provides details of a project that designed a series of stakeholder engagement studies. The project aims to demonstrate how engaging directly with young people on their experiences online is a vital measure to both inform the progress of the DSA and guide its implementation across the EU.
APA
Nyhan, M., Leavy, S., Narula, P., Doherty, K., O’Sullivan, B., Dong, R., Fox, I. & Griffith, J.. (2025). Algorithmic Transparency: The EU Digital Services Act and Young People’s Experiences of Online Platforms. Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 294:452-456 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/nyhan25a.html.

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