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PLATFORM AUTOMATION · EU

How platforms automate content detection and restrictions.

The monitor turns published statements of reasons from the DSA Transparency Database into comparable monthly values: from detection through the automation level of a decision to the reported restriction.

  • official EU data
  • monthly comparisons
  • platform-level dossiers
  • no AI inference
Source evaluated through · May 26Data series from · Sept 23
491,248,553published statements in the selected month
236platforms in the published corpus
82%reported with automated detection
37.7%reported with a fully automated decision
THE CRUCIAL BOUNDARY

Automated does not necessarily mean AI.

The DSA data reports whether detection or a decision was automated. It does not name the specific technical method or reliably establish the use of artificial intelligence. This monitor therefore describes automation declarations—not AI use, moderation quality or legal compliance.

automation declaration ≠ AI evidence · volume ≠ quality
Full corpusMay 26
THREE SEPARATE DATA STAGES

From detection signal to reported restriction

Choose a platform and month. Connection width follows its published volume. Select a connection for the exact value. Restrictions can overlap and are therefore not added into a misleading total.

automated detection → fully automated · 182,249,561 statements of reasonsautomated detection → not automated · 165,979,773 statements of reasonsautomated detection → partially automated · 54,368,113 statements of reasonsnon-automated detection → not automated · 54,005,867 statements of reasonsnon-automated detection → partially automated · 31,594,114 statements of reasonsnon-automated detection → fully automated · 3,051,125 statements of reasonsnot automated → access disabled · 205,400,707 statements of reasonsfully automated → access disabled · 112,396,514 statements of reasonsfully automated → removed · 40,333,772 statements of reasonspartially automated → access disabled · 24,836,251 statements of reasonspartially automated → removed · 20,011,764 statements of reasonsfully automated → other restriction · 18,155,158 statements of reasonspartially automated → other restriction · 15,998,232 statements of reasonsnot automated → removed · 11,472,347 statements of reasonsfully automated → interaction restricted · 2,207,596 statements of reasonspartially automated → demoted · 1,413,012 statements of reasonsnot automated → other restriction · 738,434 statements of reasonsfully automated → demoted · 190,769 statements of reasonsnot automated → age restricted · 157,627 statements of reasonspartially automated → age restricted · 108,221 statements of reasonsnot automated → demoted · 92,765 statements of reasonsfully automated → age restricted · 36,817 statements of reasonsnot automated → interaction restricted · 5,636 statements of reasonsfully automated → labelled · 3,330 statements of reasonspartially automated → interaction restricted · 2,136 statements of reasonsnot automated → labelled · 143 statements of reasonspartially automated → labelled · 0 statements of reasonsautomated detection402,597,447non-automated detection88,651,106fully automated185,300,686partially automated85,962,227not automated219,985,640removed71,817,883access disabled342,633,472demoted1,696,546labelled3,473interaction restricted2,215,368age restricted302,665other restriction34,891,824

automated detection → fully automated182,249,56145.3% of the relevant stage value

Restrictions can overlap. The right-hand stage therefore uses its own scale and is not an additive continuation of the left-hand stages.

Exact values as a table
Detection × decision
Detectionfully automatedpartially automatednot automated
automated detection182,249,56154,368,113165,979,773
non-automated detection3,051,12531,594,11454,005,867
Decision × restriction
Decisionremovedaccess disableddemotedlabelledinteraction restrictedage restrictedother restriction
fully automated40,333,772112,396,514190,7693,3302,207,59636,81718,155,158
partially automated20,011,76424,836,2511,413,01202,136108,22115,998,232
not automated11,472,347205,400,70792,7651435,636157,627738,434

Clearly explained

Does “automated” prove that a platform used AI?
No. The DSA Transparency Database contains automation declarations, but no reliable technical description of the method used. The monitor therefore deliberately refers to platform automation, not AI moderation.
Do statement counts equal the number of moderated items?
No. The unit is published statements of reasons. It is neither a reliable count of unique content nor a count of affected accounts or people.
Why can reported restrictions add up to more than the total?
A statement can mark several restrictions. Removal, disabling, demotion or interaction limits must therefore not be added to infer a new total.
Can I filter German platform values?
Not from this simplified monthly aggregate. It contains no territorial dimension. The monitor therefore reports EU-wide publications by platform and does not invent German subsets.
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