Hi all, I'm writing to let you know about a report that CDT published just before the new year called /Making Transparency Meaningful: A Framework for Policymakers <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12132021-CDT-Making-Transparency-Meaningful-A-Framework-for-Policymakers-final.pdf>/. The report lays out a conceptual framework for transparency about practices that affect internet users’ speech, access to information, and privacy from government surveillance. A section of the report about researcher access to data <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-01-21-FX-Transparency-Framework-brief-Researcher-Access-to-Data-final.pdf> held by online hosts of user-generated content may be of particular interest to members of this network. The purpose of /Making Transparency Meaningful /is to provide a structure for understanding the big picture of technology company transparency, and how to approach the critical decisions that must be made if we are to achieve meaningful transparency by, and about, technology companies. The report addresses four categories of transparency: 1. Transparency reports that provide aggregated data and qualitative information about moderation actions, disclosures, and other practices concerning user generated content and government surveillance; 2. User notifications about government demands for their data and moderation of their content; 3. Access to data held by intermediaries for independent researchers, public policy advocates, and journalists; and 4. Public-facing analysis, assessments, and audits of technology company practices with respect to user speech and privacy from government surveillance. As we explain in the accompanying blog post <https://cdt.org/insights/new-cdt-report-provides-guide-for-policymakers-on-making-transparency-meaningful/>, /Making Transparency Meaningful/ is relevant to many ongoing policy conversations around transparency, and the numerous transparency bills from recent months (including researcher access to data bills) in the U.S. and EU like the PACT Act, Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act, Social Media DATA Act, Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, Digital Services Act, and many more. The full report is available on CDT’s website <https://cdt.org/insights/report-making-transparency-meaningful-a-framework-for-policymakers/>, where we also have links to each of the four individual sections if you want to look at just one specific topic. take care, Dhanaraj