Content Policy in the Age of Transparency, a Transatlantic Discussion

The regulation of digital platforms is a key priority for the current EU Commission. At the same time, policymakers around the world are proposing their own new initiatives to regulate online content, from new transparency obligations to aid academic research to requirements to take down content at the request of state authorities.

What are the implications of these changes for the governance of online content? Where should we strike the balance between making platforms accountable to democratic institutions and preventing excessive state control of the media? How can academic research into platforms’ content governance inform regulatory debates? 

Introduction by Mathias Vicherat, President of Sciences Po.

A discussion with:

• Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center
• Dominique Cardon, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sciences Po Medialab
• Julie Owono, Executive Director, Internet Without Borders; Executive Director of the Stanford Content Policy and Society Lab; Facebook Oversight Board member
• Florence G’sell, Director of the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair at Sciences Po and Professor of Private Law at University of Lorraine
• Emmanuel Vincent, Researcher at the Sciences Po Medialab and co-author of a recent study on Facebook’s interventions against accounts that repeatedly share misinformation
• Leila Morch, Research Project Coordinator, Stanford Content Policy and Society Lab.

Moderator: Rachel Griffin, Research Assistant at the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair and PhD candidate at Sciences Po Law School.

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