Under DSA, trusted flaggers are responsible for detecting potentially illegal content and alert online platforms. They are entities designated by the national Digital Services Coordinators.

Trusted Flagger Platform is a secure online platform that enables trusted partners of Tech Against Terrorism to submit terrorist content removal requests to tech platforms hosting verified terrorist content.

CSAM has a well-established self-regulatory trusted flagger structure.

The Priority Flagger program exists to help enforce our Community Guidelines.

Trusted flaggers have long played a role in content moderation: a bilateral, voluntary affair between online platforms and individuals or organisations that are afforded prioritised access to the content moderation process.

Issues reported by priority flaggers are not automatically removed or subject to any different policy treatment - the same standards apply for user flags. However, because of their high degree of trust and expertise, our teams prioritize flags from priority flaggers for review.

February 12, 2026 - Trusted flaggers must be able to detect, identify, and report illegal content. They need to have sufficient knowledge, expertise, and resources for this. In addition, they need to file their reports with care, accurately, and objectively. Also, they are independent from providers of online ...

November 2, 2023 - Flagging is the process by which third parties can report potentially harmful content to platforms for content moderation review. Organisations that are formally recognised as trusted for identifying and reporting illegal content, are called Trusted Flaggers.

January 9, 2025 - It imposes asymmetric due diligence obligations on online platforms depending on their size and impact. Article 22 focuses on so-called ‘trusted flaggers’ — entities equipped with specialised expertise in flagging illegal content.

Trusted flaggers shall send those reports to the awarding Digital Services Coordinator, and shall make them publicly available.

February 23, 2024 - Trusted flaggers are public and private actors with privileged access to internet platforms through which they can identify illegal and harmful content. Before DSA, trusted flaggers existed as a voluntary system.

On this basis, we conceptualize different variants of trusted flagging, in terms of their legal construction, position in the content moderation process and the nature of their flagging privileges. We then discuss competing narratives about the role of trusted flaggers; as a source of expertise and representation; as an unaccountable co-optation by public and private power; and as a performance of inclusion.

May 29, 2024 - Trusted flaggers – organizations tasked with notifying platforms regarding potentially harmful speech – face significant challenges. Efforts to regulate speech often involve silencing someone's voice, whether for good or bad reasons.

May 28, 2024 - "There are considerable risks in both the vetting process and risks associated with the Trusted Flagger status for civil society. According to Article 22 of the DSA, Trusted Flaggers need to demonstrate they operate independently from online platforms, and maintain transparent funding.

March 28, 2025 - (PARIS – 28 March 2025) – The first formal appointment of a wildlife conservation organisation as a Trusted Flagger in the European union (EU) will work to highlight online activity by wildlife criminals.

August 15, 2016 - **Currently away, DM's won't be answered** Ben & other members of The YouTube Trusted Flagger Program.

April 30, 2024 - Article 22 of the DSA further requires that providers of online platforms (i.e., a hosting service which, at the request of the user, stores and disseminates information to the public) must take the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure that notices submitted by so-called trusted flaggers, acting within their area of expertise, are given priority, and are processed and decided upon without undue delay.

DSC must ensure a reasonable balance of Trusted Flagger (TF) entities.

May 9, 2025 - Entities which are established in Ireland may apply to us to be awarded Trusted Flagger status, provided they meet the conditions set out in Article 22 of the Digital Services Act.