access://Democracy creates actionable evidence on online debates in elections to assess risks and mitigation measures under the DSA through conducting social media monitoring. Throughout the course of this project funded by Stiftung Mercator, DRI works together with national organisations across EU members states well-embedded in their respective contexts and with key players to:
– Conduct pre-election risk assessments of country-specific vulnerabilities that open the door to election interference in the form of disinformation, hate speech, or manipulated information campaigns
– Monitor online political discourse on key social media platforms in a member state’s official language throughout the entirety of the election cycle
– Report on real-time trends in online political discourse with the potential to marginalise vulnerable groups and disrupt social cohesion
– Track platforms’ compliance with the DSA
– Advocate for more platform transparency, better data access, and additional actions to preserve election integrity in the digital age
