Platforms and Online Content
Online platforms are an essential part of the modern-day economic and social activities. After the measures taken against the Covid-19 pandemic all over the world, they became even more crucial for the daily lives of people living in countries with widespread internet connection. Given this ever-increasing role, online platforms raise challenging questions concerning governance and regulation. In fact, addressing the problems such as dissemination of false, hateful, manipulative, or criminal content, and tackling unfair economic practices are pressing priorities for policy makers.
In this dossier, the Chair investigates the issues relating to the governance and regulation of online platforms by looking into the legislative proposals, public policies, administrative and judicial decisions surrounding them.
Additional contributions are available on the French version of this page.
26 April 2022
On Saturday, the EU institutions agreed the final text of the Digital Services Act. The Council and Parliament proposed their […]
2 March 2022
by Rachel Griffin Historically, EU internet regulation has focused on economic goals like copyright infringement and market integration. This is […]
25 February 2022
by Rachel Griffin On the 21st February 2022, the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair organised its first joint event with the […]
11 February 2022
Content governance raises many difficulties, both for digital platforms and governments. In the EU, the Digital Services Act is currently […]
19 January 2022
By Rachel Griffin On January 11th 2022, Gérald Bronner – a sociology professor at the Université Paris-Diderot – submitted an important report […]
23 November 2021
By Rachel Griffin In her 2001 book Politics Out of History, left-wing political theorist Wendy Brown offers a sharp critique of […]
9 November 2021
The growing influence of social networks on daily life and public debate are leading governments to consider new ways to […]
26 October 2021
By Rachel Griffin Facebook has been having a bad few weeks. Starting on the 13th September, the Wall Street Journal […]
2 October 2021
by Can Şimşek The EU Commission presented its much debated legislative proposal entitled Digital Services Act (DSA) back in December […]
6 May 2021
By Florence G’sell May 6, 2021 On May 5, 2021, Facebook’s Oversight Board (FOB) issued its decision on the merits […]
13 April 2021
Discrediting the quality press is a common tactic of populist actors around the world. Through accusations of fake news and […]
9 July 2020
by Rachel Griffin As countries around the world went into lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, the importance of […]
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