Implementing the European Digital Services Regulation (DSR/DSA): two new trusted flaggers designations
Arcom has designated the Addictions France association and the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (Crif) as trusted flaggers.
The former, founded in 1872 and recognized as a public utility in 1880, has 90 addictology centers dedicated to supporting sufferers and their families. Addictions France leads projects to strengthen the enforcement of the Évin law on social networks, analyzes sports betting marketing strategies and reports content that may encourage addictive behavior, particularly among youngsters.
The second, which was founded in 1943 and became an association in 1972, includes among its objectives the fight agains t anti-Semitism and racism, and the preservation and transmission of the statement of case of the Shoah. As such, Crif is particularly committed to combating online hatred, strengthening its monitoring tools on social networks.
These two entities join the list of five associations already holding this status: e-Enfance, the Association de lutte contre la piraterie audiovisuel (ALPA), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the INDECOSA-CGT association and the Point de Contact association. Arcom is continuing to study the other files submitted, and invites organizations involved in the fight against unlawful content, whatever their field of expertise, to submit their applications via a permanently accessible window at this link. To this end, it has initiated contacts with other associations involved in the fight against discrimination on the grounds of real or supposed origin or religion.
As part of the European Digital Services Regulation (DSR), which aims to promote a safer Internet within the EU, Arcom is responsible, in its capacity as Digital Services Coordinator (DSC), for appointing trusted flaggers to submit reports of manifestly illegal content to online platforms.
This status is granted to organizations recognized for their expertise in detecting, identifying and reporting unlawful content to platforms, in one or more specific areas.
In particular, the regulation ensures that candidates for this status meet the RSN's criteria for expertise, independence, diligence, objectivity and accuracy in reporting to platforms. Platforms are obliged to treat such reports as a matter of priority, and to remove content promptly, unless they dispute the manifestly unlawful nature of the content.
Trusted flaggers, appointed by Arcom, are responsible for submitting reports of manifestly unlawful content to online platforms. The report must be substantiated, and the platform must treat it as a priority. If it agrees with the trusted flagger's analysis, the online platform is obliged to revoke or disable access to the allegedly unlawful content. Trusted flaggers can report content to any platform used in France, regardless of whether the platform is based in France, another EU country or elsewhere in the world. The Internet user who published the content being reported is informed if it is removed. They can demand a second review of their content by the platform, and, where appropriate, challenge the platform's decision before a judge or, at the same time, an out-of-court dispute settlement body. Trusted flaggers enjoy the same rights. Both trusted flaggers and platforms are required to report on their respective content reporting and moderation activities in an annual transparency report.
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