IE OSC · IE-OSC-RESEARCHER-ACCESS

IE OSC Online Safety Code, Part A s 9 (compliance and enforcement) - withdrawn attribution (no researcher-access duty in the…

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 9, the Code's compliance and enforcement section, for a duty to give researchers vetted by the Commission or academic institutions privacy-preserving access to platform data and to cooperate with Commission-endorsed research requests. The Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) contains no researcher-access provision; data access for vetted researchers is Article 40 of the Digital Services Act, for very large online platforms.

MEDIUMRequirementTransparencyBinding regulationIn forceApplies from 15 February 2024

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Provision: Online Safety Code, Part A s 9 (compliance and enforcement) - withdrawn attribution (no researcher-access duty in the Code)

Instrument: Ireland Online Safety Code

Citation: No provision: the Coimisiun na Mean Online Safety Code (2024) contains no researcher-access provision; data access for vetted researchers is Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 for very large online platforms, not retrieved for this record

Text version: Coimisiun na Mean Online Safety Code, adopted 10 October 2024 under Section 139K of the Broadcasting Act 2009 as amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; Part A applied from 19 November 2024 and Part B from 21 July 2025 (dates determined by the Commission; cnam.ie); retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21.

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