EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts Certification

The EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests the EU Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act — the DSA's layered obligations for intermediaries, hosting services, online platforms and very large online platforms and search engines, notice and action, statements of reasons, trusted flaggers, systemic risk assessments, audits, advertising and recommender transparency and protection of minors, and the DMA's gatekeeper designation, core platform services, do's and don'ts on self-preferencing, interoperability and data use, and enforcement by the European Commission — written to the DSA and DMA texts and Commission guidance for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts certificate (SOA-EDSD). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) (EUR-Lex), Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 (Digital Markets Act) (EUR-Lex), Supervision of designated very large online platforms and search engines under the DSA (European Commission) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests DSA foundations and intermediary duties, DSA platform and VLOP obligations, the digital markets act and enforcement, compliance and interplay with 20 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) (EUR-Lex); Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 (Digital Markets Act) (EUR-Lex); Supervision of designated very large online platforms and search engines under the DSA (European Commission); Digital Markets Act: gatekeepers and designated core platform services (European Commission); General Data Protection Regulation (full text) (gdpr-info.eu); Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (EUR-Lex). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: DSA Foundations and Intermediary Duties (Scope and service categories, Liability rules and Notice and action); DSA Platform and VLOP Obligations (Advertising and dark patterns, Protection of minors and Systemic risks and audits); The Digital Markets Act (Gatekeeper designation, Core platform services and Do's and don'ts); Enforcement, Compliance and Interplay (Supervisory structure, Penalties and Compliance programmes and other laws). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Tech policy or regulatory affairs professional, In-house counsel at a platform or app business, Trust and safety or compliance manager, Competition or digital lawyer and Public policy student. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of EU Digital Services & Digital Markets Acts knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Law, IR and public-policy students at Yale, Georgetown, Sciences Po, LSE and SAIS want practice-ready skills without government or bar exams. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

The DSA regulates how online intermediaries handle illegal content, transparency and user protection, with the heaviest duties for very large online platforms and search engines. The DMA is a competition-style regulation that imposes do's and don'ts on designated gatekeepers to keep digital markets fair and contestable.

The European Commission enforces the DMA and supervises very large online platforms and search engines under the DSA. National Digital Services Coordinators supervise other services under the DSA. Fines can reach 6% of global turnover under the DSA and 10% (or 20% for repeat infringements) under the DMA.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.