Trusted flaggers

AKOS, as the Digital Services Coordinator, grants trusted flagger status by decision on application by a legal person governed by private or public law established in the Republic of Slovenia that meets the following conditions:

• has specific expertise and competence for the purposes of detecting, identifying and notifying illegal content;
• is independent of any online platform provider;
• carries out activities for the purposes of submitting notifications diligently, accurately and objectively.

Trusted flagger status is primarily intended for civil society organisations with specific expertise and competence in detecting, identifying and reporting illegal content.

Online platform providers must give priority to and take decisions on notifications from trusted flaggers in the areas of expertise in which they have been granted status without undue delay.

AKOS must notify the European Commission of the trusted flaggers to whom it has granted status, which will publish a list of all trusted flaggers in the EU.