Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.

Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user.EUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euRegulation (EU) 2022/2065 — the Digital Services Act (another site)The EU law on how online platforms handle illegal content and complaints: every host must take reports and explain each removal, and platforms that are not small firms must also run a complaint system, file every removal decision in a public EU database and publish a yearly report.Regulation · Nobody can fine them yet,ctu.gov.czCzech Telecommunication Office — report on the EU platform rules, 2025 (another site)The regulator's yearly report: 98 complaints of breaches in 2025, 15 about providers based in Czechia and none leading to an investigation; 123 written questions, some on the EU database and yearly reports; no inspections or fines possible without the Czech law; 13 staff on these rules.Complaint · but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.2 sourcespsp.czSněmovní tisk 69 — the Czech digital economy bill (another site)The Czech bill that gives the telecoms regulator its powers under the EU rules: sent to the lower house in December 2025, past its second reading on 1 July 2026, and able to go to its final lower-house vote…Regulation · psp.czSněmovní tisk 69/0 — text of the bill (another site)The bill as sent to parliament: a host that sets up no reporting channel or gives a user no reason for a removal commits an offence, as does a platform that files no decisions with the EU; both can be fined…Regulation ·

Good for Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.

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The opportunity

1/2 · Some pain

Czech marketplaces, job boards and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal, and few file their decisions with the EU.2 sourcesEUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euRegulation (EU) 2022/2065 — the Digital Services Act (another site)The EU law on how online platforms handle illegal content and complaints: every host must take reports and explain each removal, and platforms that are not small firms must also run a complaint system, file…Regulation · European Commissiontransparency.dsa.ec.europa.euEU transparency database of removal decisions (another site)The EU's public database of platforms' removal decisions: of 372 services listed, 22 are run from Czechia, and 16 of those filed no decision in the six months the search covers.Statistic ·

Suggested solution

Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.

Why now

1/3 · Soft deadline

A Czech bill would let the telecoms regulator fine a marketplace or forum up to 6% of worldwide turnover for skipping these steps.2 sourcespsp.czSněmovní tisk 69 — the Czech digital economy bill (another site)The Czech bill that gives the telecoms regulator its powers under the EU rules: sent to the lower house in December 2025, past its second reading on 1 July 2026, and able to go to its final lower-house vote…Regulation · psp.czSněmovní tisk 69/0 — text of the bill (another site)The bill as sent to parliament: a host that sets up no reporting channel or gives a user no reason for a removal commits an offence, as does a platform that files no decisions with the EU; both can be fined…Regulation ·

  • Removing a post without telling the user why becomes an offence.psp.czSněmovní tisk 69/0 — text of the bill (another site)The bill as sent to parliament: a host that sets up no reporting channel or gives a user no reason for a removal commits an offence, as does a platform that files no decisions with the EU; both can be fined up to 6% of worldwide turnover, and the law takes effect 15 days after publication.Regulation ·
  • Sending no removal decisions to the EU database becomes one too.psp.czSněmovní tisk 69/0 — text of the bill (another site)The bill as sent to parliament: a host that sets up no reporting channel or gives a user no reason for a removal commits an offence, as does a platform that files no decisions with the EU; both can be fined up to 6% of worldwide turnover, and the law takes effect 15 days after publication.Regulation ·
  • The regulator plans to start supervising once the law passes.ctu.gov.czCzech Telecommunication Office — report on the EU platform rules, 2025 (another site)The regulator's yearly report: 98 complaints of breaches in 2025, 15 about providers based in Czechia and none leading to an investigation; 123 written questions, some on the EU database and yearly reports; no inspections or fines possible without the Czech law; 13 staff on these rules.Complaint ·

Willing to pay

0/2 · No sign yet

The platforms carry this work themselves, and no Czech price for software or help with it is published.2 sourcesEUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euRegulation (EU) 2022/2065 — the Digital Services Act (another site)The EU law on how online platforms handle illegal content and complaints: every host must take reports and explain each removal, and platforms that are not small firms must also run a complaint system, file…Regulation · Market checksearch.seznam.czCzech check — who sells this work here (another site)Czech-language web search, the state business register, our own funding ledger and the Czech e-shop add-on catalogues: nobody in Czechia sells software that runs these steps; law firms sell advice on them, a…Market check ·

  • No Czech seller publishes a price for running these steps.Market checksearch.seznam.czCzech check — who sells this work here (another site)Czech-language web search, the state business register, our own funding ledger and the Czech e-shop add-on catalogues: nobody in Czechia sells software that runs these steps; law firms sell advice on them, a Slovak firm moderates comments, and a consultancy mapped the market for the regulator.Market check ·
  • Law firms advising on the rules list no price for it.Market checksearch.seznam.czCzech check — who sells this work here (another site)Czech-language web search, the state business register, our own funding ledger and the Czech e-shop add-on catalogues: nobody in Czechia sells software that runs these steps; law firms sell advice on them, a Slovak firm moderates comments, and a consultancy mapped the market for the regulator.Market check ·

Validated abroad

2/3 · Proven once

In France and Britain, online platforms already buy software that handles reports, removal reasons and yearly reports.2 sourcesEU-Startupseu-startups.comTremau (another site)A Paris company whose platform runs report handling, removal reasons and transparency reporting under the EU rules for online platforms, profitable since 2024.In the source’s words“has raised €3 million in funding to accelerate the development of Nima, its AI-powered content moderation platform, and grow its market share…”Company abroad · checkstep.comCheckstep — tools for the EU platform rules (another site)A London company that sells content-moderation software with tools for handling reports of illegal content and producing the yearly transparency report, used by platforms such as Trustpilot.Company abroad ·

Where it works: FR, GB — home market CZFRGBCZ
  1. Tremau (another site)Based in France
  2. Checkstep (another site)Based in United Kingdom

Market gap

2/2 · Open

No Czech firm sells software for these steps; law firms sell advice, and a Slovak firm moderates comments.Market checksearch.seznam.czCzech check — who sells this work here (another site)Czech-language web search, the state business register, our own funding ledger and the Czech e-shop add-on catalogues: nobody in Czechia sells software that runs these steps; law firms sell advice on them, a Slovak firm moderates comments, and a consultancy mapped the market for the regulator.Market check ·

New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: nobody on file. New, selling something nearby: Feichtinger Žídek Fyrbach advokáti (since 2023), ARROWS advokátní kancelář (since 2024), Cisek, advokátní kancelář (since 2024), PwC Česká republika (since 2024), Advokátní kancelář Šmarda, elv.ai, ROWAN LEGAL, SEDLAKOVA LEGAL. Established, selling something nearby: nobody on file. No established player sells this here.

The space is still open

Execution difficulty

2/3 · Moderate

Makes it easier

  • No licence is needed to sell the software.
  • 2 firms abroad already sell the same thing.
  • No Czech firm sells it yet.

Makes it harder

  • The software must file each decision with an EU database.
  • The buyers are mid-size and large platforms.
  • Until the Czech bill passes nobody can fine them for skipping the work.

Suggested first moves

  1. Build a Czech-language tool that files a platform's removal decisions in the EU database, and offer it free to one job board or classifieds site.
  2. Call the person who handles reported posts at a few mid-size Czech marketplaces and job boards.
  3. Offer one of the Czech law firms under Market gap a partnership.