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Sudden or controversial changes to a social media platform can trigger a “stampede,” or the mass exodus of users to alternative sites. In this interview, media scholar Margaret Yee Man Ng explores previous stampedes, how they transformed the digital landscape, and the long-term implications for communities and trusted information networks online.
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This paper provides an overview of current responses to fake news and digital disinformation inside and outside the EU, and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of each solution. Four approaches […]
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Regulating the data market will be one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. In order to think about regulating this market, however, we first need to make its […]
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Public scrutiny of platforms has been limited by a lack of transparency. In response, EU law increasingly requires platforms to provide data to researchers. The Digital Services Act and the […]
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This article examines algorithmic content moderation, using the moderation of violent extremist content as a specific case. In recent years, algorithms have increasingly been mobilized to perform essential moderation functions […]
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Given the prevalence of misinformation on social media and accompanying negative externalities, platform regulation has become a highly contested public issue globally. This study investigated (a) what global publics think […]
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Following public revelations of interference in the United States 2016 election, there has been widespread concern that online disinformation poses a serious threat to democracy. Governments have responded with a […]
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Online platforms provide primary points of access to information and other content in the digital age. They foster users’ ability to share ideas and opinions while offering opportunities for cultural […]
