Data Catalogue Monitor

Tracking every change on data catalogue pages that very large online platforms and search engines must publish under Article 40(4) of the Digital Services Act ↗.

25 platforms monitored

460 changes on record 38 significant 422 minor

85 monitoring runs

AI Assessment minor ollama / llama3.1:8b

No substantive changes were detected across the 11 monitored platforms, with most classified as minor cosmetic or noise changes.

Tiktok minor Snapchat noise Snapchat DE noise Google minor Google Google Search Data Catalogue noise Google Google Shopping Data Catalogue noise Google Youtube Data Catalogue minor Google DE minor Google DE Google Search Data Catalogue DE minor Google DE Google Shopping Data Catalogue DE noise Google DE Youtube Data Catalogue DE minor

Per-platform breakdown (11 platforms analyzed)

Tiktok minor high confidence A single link was updated from https://developers.tiktok.com/docs-v2/rules/en to https://developers.tiktok.com/policy/en, indicating a minor change in formatting or wording.

Snapchat noise high confidence The change appears to be a result of the page alternating between render variants, with no substantive changes in content or links. The removal of 50 links is likely due to this alternation pattern.

Snapchat DE noise high confidence The change appears to be a result of the page alternating between render variants, with no real changes in content. The removed links are likely part of this alternation and should be classified as noise.

Google minor high confidence The change appears to be minor wording and formatting changes, with no substantive link changes. The addition and removal of links are URL parameter variants, which is consistent with the page's known alternation between render variants.

Google Google Search Data Catalogue noise high confidence No visible change. The page's technical fingerprint changed, but no text or links differ - invisible page machinery, not content. Classified automatically without AI analysis.

Google Google Shopping Data Catalogue noise high confidence No visible change. The page's technical fingerprint changed, but no text or links differ - invisible page machinery, not content. Classified automatically without AI analysis.

Google Youtube Data Catalogue minor high confidence Minor wording changes were made to the page, including updating a date and reordering some links, but no new content was added or removed.

Google DE minor high confidence Minor wording changes were made to the page, with some links being updated from absolute URLs to relative ones, but no substantive content was added or removed.

Google DE Google Search Data Catalogue DE minor high confidence A single line change in the text, replacing 'Manage your Search profile' with 'Google Suche-Profil verwalten', but no substantive link changes or content updates.

Google DE Google Shopping Data Catalogue DE noise high confidence No visible change. The page's technical fingerprint changed, but no text or links differ - invisible page machinery, not content. Classified automatically without AI analysis.

Google DE Youtube Data Catalogue DE minor high confidence The change is cosmetic because only minor wording changes were made, with no substantive link changes. The language selector links were simplified from full URLs to just the language names.