# Risk assessment 34(2) — DSA — provision context

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Part of **Risk assessment** (DSA, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/dsa/art-34).

## Provision text

### 34(2)

When conducting risk assessments, providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines shall take into account, in particular, whether and how the following factors influence any of the systemic risks referred to in paragraph 1:

a) the design of their recommender systems and any other relevant algorithmic system;
b) their content moderation systems;
c) the applicable terms and conditions and their enforcement;
d) systems for selecting and presenting advertisements;
e) data related practices of the provider.
- The assessments shall also analyse whether and how the risks pursuant to paragraph 1 are influenced by intentional manipulation of their service, including by inauthentic use or automated exploitation of the service, as well as the amplification and potentially rapid and wide dissemination of illegal content and of information that is incompatible with their terms and conditions.
- The assessment shall take into account specific regional or linguistic aspects, including when specific to a Member State.

## Topics on this provision

- **VLOP/VLSE Framework** — https://overview.legal/topics/vlop-vlse-regulatory-framework-overview
  The content title specifically focuses on 'Very large online platforms and very large online search engines' as a distinct regulatory category under the DSA. A 

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175
- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** §85 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175

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