--- title: EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag... description: The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU's border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration and flag illegal content to platforms.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal | daily.dev og:description: The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU's border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration and flag illegal content to platforms.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xq0MhEhkR.png og:image:alt: EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU's border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration and flag illegal content to platforms. Frontex would get an online monitoring and response centre and could apply to become a 'trusted flagger' under the Digital Services Act, which requires platforms to deal quickly with its reports. The wider overhaul would grow Frontex's standing corps to 30,000 officers and double its budget over seven years. MEP Brando Benifei warns the plan places online speech 'under a border agency's watch' and cites ICE's online tracking. The proposal now moves to the European Parliament and Council for negotiation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is a trusted flagger under the EU's Digital Services Act? A trusted flagger is an entity granted special status by national regulators under the Digital Services Act, allowing its reports of illegal content to platforms to be processed on a fast track. Regulators grant the status after checking an applicant's expertise and independence. The European Commission has proposed letting Frontex, the EU border agency, apply for this status. _Developers tracking platform regulation changes under the DSA follow proposals like this on daily.dev._ ### What new powers is the EU proposing to give Frontex over social media? The European Commission proposed giving Frontex an online monitoring and response centre to watch public social media posts about migration and flag illegal content to platforms. Frontex could also become a DSA trusted flagger and request removal orders from national authorities. The same overhaul would grow Frontex's standing corps to 30,000 officers and double its budget over seven years. _Anyone weighing how platform regulation affects moderation workflows can follow this EU proposal on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [EU Parliament revives child-abuse scanning bill](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-parliament-revives-child-abuse-scanning-bill-u7hcjjbst) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Europol storms gaming platforms in extremist content sweep](https://daily.dev/posts/europol-storms-gaming-platforms-in-extremist-content-sweep-r7iqmmmox) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Switzerland proposes banning profiling-based ads to minors](https://daily.dev/posts/switzerland-proposes-banning-profiling-based-ads-to-minors-eouubmpvc) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [EU KIDS Act](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-kids-act-ifnyxyznm) · Lobsters · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T15:37:10.447Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T15:55:20.204Z","description":"The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU's border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration and flag illegal content to platforms....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/141227829f782eb0fe7f6648e706e0ae?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/141227829f782eb0fe7f6648e706e0ae?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"social-media,data-privacy","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/eu-plans-to-let-frontex-monitor-social-media-and-flag-posts-for-removal-xq0mhehkr#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a trusted flagger under the EU's Digital Services Act?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A trusted flagger is an entity granted special status by national regulators under the Digital Services Act, allowing its reports of illegal content to platforms to be processed on a fast track. 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