TTJA, Endla 10A, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia

Re: Request for access to documents under avaliku teabe seadus, § 4 lg 2

Dear Sir or Madam,

The American Accountability Foundation, a non-profit research organisation, requests access to the information described below under the avaliku teabe seadus. This request is made on behalf of the Foundation by the undersigned.

I. DOCUMENTS REQUESTED

All communications sent or received between 1 July 2024 and 20 January 2025 by the Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Järelevalve Amet (TTJA), or by any officer or member of staff of that authority, where the other party to the communication held an email address at either of the domains listed at part II, and where the communication mentions any of the keywords listed at part III.

II. EMAIL DOMAINS

[email protected]
[email protected]

The domains are written in the form name@domain. The request covers every address at each domain and is not confined to the example form shown.

III. KEYWORDS

"trusted flagger"; "hate speech"; "DSA"; "digital services act"; "disinformation"; "misinformation"; "Article 40"; "European Commission"; "European Digital Media Observatory"; "EU DisinfoLab"; "EDMO"; "election integrity".

A communication is responsive if any one of these terms appears anywhere in it, including in an attachment, a subject line or a quoted earlier message in a chain.

IV. PERIOD

The period begins on 1 July 2024, the date TTJA's designation took effect under RT I, 21.06.2024, 1. If the authority exercised the functions of, or prepared for, the role of Digital Services Coordinator before that date - whether under an interim or administrative designation, under a predecessor regime, or in cooperation with the European Commission - the request extends to that earlier period, and we ask that it be treated accordingly. If our understanding of the designation date is incorrect, please apply the correct date rather than refusing the request.

V. HANDLING

Partial access. Where a document contains both disclosable and protected material, we ask that the protected parts be redacted and the remainder released, rather than the document withheld in full. Where material is withheld, please identify the provision relied upon and the document to which it applies.

Section 35(1)2). Any classification of supervisory material as being for internal use under § 35 lg 1 p 2 lasts only until the decision made in those proceedings enters into force. For proceedings concluded within the period requested, the restriction has expired.

Costs. Please provide a written estimate before beginning any chargeable work, and please do not incur charges beyond that estimate without our written agreement. We note that access is free and that charges arise only for paper printouts beyond the twentieth page.

Format. Electronic release is requested, in native format where possible and searchable PDF otherwise. If the documents are produced from a mail archive, an existing export is acceptable and preferred.

Timing. We understand the period for a decision to be five working days, extendable to 15 working days (§ 18, § 19). Please acknowledge receipt and provide the reference assigned to this request. If any part of it is unclear or too broad, please contact us before issuing a refusal so that we can narrow it.

Yours faithfully,

Colby Teelin, Research Associate
American Accountability Foundation
300 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
[email protected]