The European Commission Formally Registers The VPTA Proposal for Digital Platform Accountability

Today, on 14 October 2026, I received an official response from the European Commission's DSA Risk Management and User Rights unit concerning my proposed Victim Petition Transparency Act of 2026.

The Commission confirmed:

“We have registered the points you have raised as a contribution to the ongoing reflection on digital platform accountability.”

This is a major milestone for something that began as a grassroots effort to demand greater transparency, fairness and accountability from online petition platforms.

Our concerns have now been formally acknowledged and placed on record with one of Europe's most important institutions responsible for digital platform policy.

And that matters.

For weeks, I have questioned the way Gypsy Rose Blanchard has used her petition, particularly its reliance on disputed narratives surrounding Ken Urker, the presentation of cyberbullying allegations, and the potential consequences for people exercising their right to lawful criticism.

I believe this is exactly why stronger safeguards are needed. Nobody should be able to use a public petition to turn unresolved allegations into apparent facts, or to unfairly characterise people who question a narrative as harassers.

The Commission's response does not mean it has ruled against Gypsy Rose Blanchard or endorsed my proposed legislation. It does mean that the wider concerns about digital platform accountability have been formally registered for consideration.

That is genuine progress.

The Commission also recognised the importance of balancing platform accountability with freedom of expression, privacy, dignity and fundamental rights. These are central principles behind my proposal.

And I'm not stopping here.

I am also in the process of reaching out to UK media and online safety regulators to raise these concerns, provide supporting evidence and press for stronger protections against misleading petitions, selective evidence and misuse of reporting systems.

My goal remains straightforward: petitions should be a means of democratic participation, not instruments of intimidation, narrative control or retaliation against lawful criticism.

What started as one person's concerns has now reached the European Commission.

This is an important step forward, and I am genuinely optimistic about what comes next.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this campaign, read the evidence and recognised why transparency matters.

This is a milestone, not the finish line.

— Liam Bosonnet

Read the proposed Act and supporting documentation:
https://liam-bosonnet.liambrendanbosonnet.chatgpt.site/downloads/