in the past decade, online platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have been accused of contributing to — in some cases even driving — a host of real-life harms with significant impacts for individuals and communities across the world. Yet even after decades of research, our understanding of platforms’ implications remains limited. Companies tightly control access to their vast amounts of data, leaving researchers dependent on whatever access platforms are willing to provide — which may change at a whim. The Digital Services Act (DSA), Europe’s comprehensive new platform law, aims to address this issue by introducing a new right for researchers to access platforms’ data. The goal of this workshop to introduce researchers and practitioners to the opportunities offered by the DSA, discuss practical obstacles to data access and how to approach them.