DSA compliance software · 2026 buyer's guide
DSA compliance, built into your comment section.
Under the Digital Services Act, a comment section is user-generated content you are responsible for. That means a statement of reasons for every moderation decision, an internal appeals path, and an annual transparency report. Moderating in spreadsheets does not meet it. We map what the DSA actually asks of a publisher comment section, and how Logora ships it by default. See the detail on our DSA compliance page.
What the DSA asks of a comment section
The obligations that actually apply to your comments.
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A statement of reasons per decision (Article 17)
Every time you hide, remove or restrict a comment, the DSA expects a statement of reasons given to the user. Doing that by hand across a busy comment section does not scale.
Logora : Logora generates a statement of reasons for every moderation decision, in the reader’s language, journalised at submission. Nothing to write by hand.
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Notice and action on illegal content (Article 16)
Readers and third parties must be able to flag illegal content, and you must act on those notices and keep a trace. An email inbox is not a notice-and-action mechanism.
Logora : Reporting is built into the widget, every notice and the action taken is logged, so the trace exists without extra tooling.
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An internal appeals path (Article 20)
A user whose comment was moderated must be able to contest the decision through an internal complaint mechanism. That has to be a real workflow, not a dead end.
Logora : Moderation decisions are contestable, with the original context attached, so your team reviews appeals rather than reconstructing what happened.
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An annual transparency report (Article 24)
Platforms must publish an annual report on their moderation activity. Rebuilding that from scattered logs at year end is painful and error-prone.
Logora : Because every decision is journalised as it happens, the annual transparency report exports in minutes rather than being rebuilt by hand.
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EU hosting and GDPR (Schrems II)
DSA compliance sits next to GDPR. Where comments and personal data are processed decides your Schrems II exposure and your DPO’s sign-off.
Logora : Logora is hosted on OVH, France. No transatlantic data flow. Article 28 Data Processing Agreement signed by default. Status page: status.logora.fr.
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A workflow, not just a toxicity score
A moderation API that only returns a toxicity score does none of the above. The DSA needs reasons, appeals and reporting attached to each decision, not a number.
Logora : Logora couples press-tuned AI moderation (85% auto-handled) with the statements, appeals and report the DSA requires, in one pipeline.
What ships by default
The DSA workflow, already inside the product.
No compliance add-on tier. The same DSA-ready setup at a regional weekly and at Der Spiegel.
- Statement of reasons per decision, in the reader’s language
- Every moderation decision journalised at submission
- Notice-and-action reporting built into the widget
- Internal appeals with original context attached
- Annual transparency report, exportable in minutes
- Press-tuned AI moderation (85% auto, 15% human review)
- EU hosting (OVH, France), no transatlantic data flow
- GDPR by default, signed Article 28 DPA
- First-party reader accounts in your own database
- Multilingual (FR · DE · IT · ES · PT-BR · EN)
- Public REST API + webhooks
- 99.96% API uptime (status.logora.fr)
Production numbers
What it actually delivers.
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85%
of toxic content auto-handled, every decision journalised and appealable
Production benchmark
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6
press languages for statements of reasons (FR, DE, IT, ES, PT, EN)
Model coverage
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99.96%
API uptime in Q1 2026, monitored publicly on status.logora.fr
status.logora.fr
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1.5 d
average deployment, transparency reporting on from day one
Production avg
Questions compliance teams ask
Straight answers for your DPO.
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What does the DSA require for a comment section?
A comment section is user-generated content, so the parts of the Digital Services Act that typically apply are: a statement of reasons for each moderation decision (Article 17), a notice-and-action mechanism for illegal content (Article 16), an internal complaint and appeals path (Article 20), and an annual transparency report (Article 24). A setup that only returns a toxicity score, or that lives in spreadsheets, does not meet this. See our DSA compliance page for the detail.
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Can I generate a DSA transparency report automatically?
Yes. Because Logora journalises every moderation decision as it happens, with the statement of reasons and the action taken, the annual transparency report exports in minutes rather than being rebuilt by hand at year end.
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Is a statement of reasons really needed for every removed comment?
For moderation decisions on user content, the DSA expects a statement of reasons given to the affected user. Logora produces one automatically for each decision, in the reader’s language, so it is not a manual task your team has to remember.
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Where is our comment and moderation data hosted?
EU-only, on OVH in France. No data leaves the EU, there is no transatlantic transfer to reassess under Schrems II, and Logora signs an Article 28 GDPR Data Processing Agreement by default. Reader accounts live in your own database.
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How is this different from a generic content moderation tool?
A generic moderation tool returns a toxicity score you then have to wrap in your own compliance workflow. Logora couples press-tuned AI moderation with the statements of reasons, appeals and transparency reporting the DSA requires, in one pipeline. Compare the moderation angle on our comment moderation software page.
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How long does it take to get DSA-ready with Logora?
About 1.5 days for the technical integration, with transparency reporting and statements of reasons on from day one. Same setup we shipped at Der Spiegel, Sud Ouest and Milenio; see the migration guide for the timeline.
Getting DSA-ready this quarter?
A 60-min call with Pierre or Henry. We walk through your comment volume, your moderation workflow and your DSA exposure, and come back with a scoped plan and a number. Most pilots start free for 1-2 months.
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