A public page each platform must publish, listing what research datasets exist and how vetted
researchers can request access. Platforms can edit these pages anytime, with no changelog — so this
project snapshots and diffs every catalogue on a fixed schedule instead.
Relevance — DSA Article 40(4)
Article 40(4) makes these pages each
VLOP's
primary transparency obligation for research-data access. A quietly removed dataset or tightened
access condition isn't cosmetic — it's a change to a right the law guarantees, which is why every
edit gets a timestamped record here.
How to use this dashboard
Three functions, each walked through with real data from Pinterest DE's catalogue.
Review the run timeline
Every run, logged
A dot for every monitoring run over the last 24 monitored days, colored by how significant its findings were.
3 Jul
15:38
2
5 Jul
15:41
2
7 Jul
15:45
3
9 Jul
15:49
3
12 Jul
20:45
7
14 Jul
20:52
4
16 Jul
20:56
7
18 Jul
21:00
8
20 Jul
21:03
1
22 Jul
21:06
5
24 Jul
21:10
3
26 Jul
21:13
28 Jul
20:25
30 Jul
20:27
6
1 Aug
20:31
2
3 Aug
20:35
1
5 Aug
20:39
4
7 Aug
20:44
3
9 Aug
20:49
2
11 Aug
20:54
5
13 Aug
20:59
3
14 Aug
13:00
1
15 Aug
21:02
4
17 Aug
21:08
2
AI verdict per run
Each run gets a written summary and verdict, not just a change count — here's a real one, from a run that found an actual change.
🤖substantive2026-08-17
A minor cosmetic change was found on LinkedIn, while Pinterest underwent a substantive content update.
Linkedin DEminorPinterest DEsubstantive
Step back to any run
Click a past run's dot on the timeline and the whole dashboard — cards and the AI summary alike — switches to show that day.
Nothing is overwritten — every past run stays queryable exactly as it looked on the day.
What the colors mean
Four verdict types, used consistently across every run and every platform card.
substantive
Real content change — new or removed datasets, changed API endpoints, or meaningfully rewritten text.
minor
Small wording or formatting tweak unlikely to affect researchers or the data available.
noise
Rendering artefact — dynamic tokens, session IDs, or invisible metadata. No real content changed.
mixed
Mixed findings across platforms — at least one substantive change and at least one minor or noise change.
Explore platform pages
Every platform, its own page
Click through any card for that platform's full history, every snapshot, and its current catalogue text.
Aliexpress
UnchangedT2
Shein
UnchangedT2
Pinterest DE
ChangedT3DE
4 changes
Verdict and history together
Its latest AI assessment sits right above the full run-by-run history table.
🤖AI Assessmentsubstantivecontent update2026-08-17
The change involves updates to the text describing Pinterest's compliance with EU regulations, including changes to dates for publishing transparency reports and links to external resources.
Timestamp
Change type
Links ±
2026-08-17
content update
One row of 4 on its full history table.
Filter to what you need
Five change types, so you can jump straight to link changes or ignore rendering noise entirely.
noise
Hash changed but no visible difference — a token refresh or session ID. Safe to ignore.
cosmetic
1–2 lines added or removed, no link changes — minor label or footer edits.
link change
Outgoing links added or removed — the primary signal for catalogue updates.
content update
Substantive text change (3–20 lines), no links added or removed.
structural
Large, imbalanced change (>20 lines) — often a page rewrite. Warrants manual review.
Inspect differences & snapshots
Filter to what matters
Filter the history down to significant changes only — click a filter below.
2026-08-17
Linkedin DEminor
Read the differences
Line by line, link by link — nothing is summarized away.
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End of Other articles Links
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Pinterest setzt sich seit langem dafür ein, einen sicheren und positiven Ort im Internet zu schaffen. Wir entwickeln unsere Richtlinien, Produkte und Partnerschaften kontinuierlich weiter, um die Sicherheit und das Wohlergehen unserer Community zu gewährleisten, da es für die Nutzer\*innen unserer Plattform wichtig ist. Wir betrachten das Gesetz über digitale Dienste (GdD) als Fortführung unseres Anliegens, Pinterest zu einem inspirierenden und einladenden Ort für alle zu machen.
Das GdD ist ein einheitlicher Rechtsrahmen für Anbieter digitaler Dienste in der Europäischen Union (EU). Das GdD zielt darauf ab, ein sicheres, prognostizierbares und vertrauenswürdiges Online-Umfeld zu schaffen, und etabliert dazu in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein einheitliches Regelwerk für Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht von Online-Plattformen.
Every version, archived
Fingerprinted and dated, so any two points in time can be compared directly.
Captured: 2026-08-17Fingerprint: f101c4547c408b7694b309d5…Fetch method: T3
← OlderNewer →
Links, counted precisely
Not just "something changed" — exactly how many links, added or removed.
Link additions and removals are counted precisely, not just flagged as "something changed."
What we monitor
25 platforms across 33 endpoints, including 5 bilingual EN+DE catalogue pairs
All data is stored locally as JSON files — the append-only change log is version-controlled in git; full snapshots live on the server filesystem. No database, no external service.
2749 full page snapshots archived,
432 line-level diffs generated,
and 215 active monitoring days
from 2026-01-15 to 2026-08-17.
Recent platform changes
2026-08-17
Pinterest DEChanged
2026-08-17
Linkedin DEChanged
2026-08-15
Google DE Youtube Data Catalogue DEChanged
2026-08-15
Google Youtube Data CatalogueChanged
+1 link
2026-08-15
Snapchat DEChanged
2026-08-15
Wikipedia Content Library Mediawiki Content History V1Changed
+69 links / −3 links
2026-08-14
Bing DEChanged
+44 links
2026-08-14
Google Youtube Data CatalogueChanged
−1 link
2026-08-14
Google Google Shopping Data CatalogueChanged
+1 link / −1 link
2026-08-14
TiktokChanged
2026-08-13
PinterestChanged
2026-08-13
Bing DEChanged
+1 link / −45 links
2026-08-13
BingChanged
+1 link / −1 link
2026-08-11
Google DE Google Shopping Data Catalogue DEChanged
