Platform Regulation Monthly, free for researchers & press.
The same monthly source-linked brief — regulator enforcement, platform policy changes and EU DSA enforcement trends — reference-grade and citable, licensed CC BY 4.0 and free for academics, journalists and policy analysts writing the record on platform governance.
What's inside each monthly issue
Six sections, built from our own three-layer data — regulator enforcement, platform policy changes and EU DSA trends — each line linked to its primary source so you can cite the original, not us.
Coverage & Scope
Every source monitored this period plus known gaps — stated up front, so your methodology section can describe exactly what the data does and doesn't cover.
Compliance Calendar
Obligations now in force: effective date, who must act, jurisdiction, and consequence — a structured timeline of what changed when.
Regulator Enforcement Actions
Platform-attributed actions plus named non-platform respondents, with original currency, penalty type/status and docket where stated — primary-source citations ready to footnote.
Platform Policy Changes
Critical changes from Google, Meta, X, TikTok and others — verbatim from the official page, severity-scored, each linked to its source with a retrieval date.
DSA Enforcement Trend
EU DSA Transparency Database metrics — account actions, automation rate, biggest category movers — with CC BY 4.0 attribution. Charts you can reproduce.
Deep-Dive of the Month
One analyst-written interpretation connecting the month's regulator actions, policy changes and enforcement data — a starting point, not a substitute for your own analysis.
Built to a citable standard
The discipline that makes it safe to cite: named, dated, currency-accurate, openly licensed, and traceable to a primary source — never an unverified claim.
Source-linked, every line
Each figure and change links to its primary filing or official policy page, with the date we retrieved it — so you cite the original source, not a secondary claim.
Openly licensed (CC BY 4.0)
Reuse the data, figures and tables in academic work, articles and reports under CC BY 4.0 — attribution only. The underlying enforcement dataset is published with a Zenodo DOI.
Original currency, named parties
Penalties shown in their stated currency (AUD, GBP, EUR — not USD-normalised), with the actual settling or charged parties named.
Effective vs detected dates
Every date is labelled 'effective' (source-stated) or 'detected' (our log). A detection date is never presented as a deadline.
Methodology stated
Each issue states its sources, scope and known gaps, so your methods section can describe and reproduce the data honestly.
Machine-built, human-reviewed
Layers are generated from primary sources then human-reviewed before issue — a QA gate, not an unattended dump.
Reference-grade platform-regulation data — free for researchers and press.
Source-linked regulator enforcement, platform policy changes and EU DSA trends, licensed CC BY 4.0. Enter your email to get the current issue and each new edition.
Is: reference-grade, openly licensed (CC BY 4.0) regulatory data — enforcement, policy and DSA trends — each line linked to its primary source.
Isn't: peer-reviewed analysis or legal advice. Treat the deep-dive as a starting point and cite the linked primary source in your own work; verify before relying.
Layers 2 & 3 are machine-generated from primary sources and human-reviewed. Editorial: Emine Gürcü, Product Lead.
Researcher Edition
Monthly subscription
- Free, CC BY 4.0 — attribution only
- Every line linked to its primary source
- Reproducible figures and tables
- Enforcement dataset published with a Zenodo DOI
Who it's for
- Academics & platform-governance researchers
- Investigative & tech-policy journalists
- Policy think tanks & analysts
- Trade press covering platforms and regulation
The gain: citable, primary-source evidence; reproducible charts and figures; and a methodology you can footnote — without building the collection pipeline yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What researchers and journalists ask before using the data.