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manuelpuppis.ch
Important 🧵 on platforms' strategy to create regulatory capture on a global level by framing any attempt at governance as incompatible with free speech and US interests.

#platformgovernance #mediapolicy
amonck.bsky.social Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · Jan 11
1/15 🚨 @davidallengreen.bsky.social analysis of Big Tech’s regulatory strategy is insightful but stops short of its full implications. Let’s examine what’s missing from this important piece...
January 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
cais-research.bsky.social
#CAISWorkingGroup on site:
This week at CAIS, we’re happy to be hosting a working group focusing on evaluating the fragility of social media platforms.
ℹ️ Learn more about their work here: www.cais-research.de/en/ags/asses...
#CAIScollege #PlatformGovernance #ContentModeration #Splinternet
Group Picture of the working group focusing on "Assessing the fragility of social media"
May 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@strippel.bsky.social @tothrol.bsky.social @mjemmer.bsky.social #ARfilters #DigitalIdentity #AlgorithmicBias #TechEthics #PlatformGovernance #DesignResearch #WeizenbaumInstitute #AIandSociety
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
pgmt.bsky.social
🚀 @ubiquity75.bsky.social is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!

Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI."

📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15!
Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance
February 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
cais-research.bsky.social
Between August 4 and 8, 2025, an international #WorkingGroup met at CAIS & explored debates on #SocialMediaRegulation & #FreedomOfSpeech – analyzing key actors, narratives & cultural contexts.
👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/social-m...

#PlatformGovernance #DiscourseAnalysis #CAIScollege
Group picture of the participants of the working group sitting around a table at a conference room at CAIS
August 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
spielkamp.bsky.social
Hey colleagues, if you’re interested in all things #AI #AIgovernance #AIAct #DSA #platformgovernance #algorithms from a #humanrights perspective, I have a recommendation for you ;-) And don’t forget to check out our #AutomatedSociety newsletter! algorithmwatch.org/en/newsletter/
December 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
palomaviot.bsky.social
New publication in Platforms and Society Journal “We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re)conceptualise safety” coauthor with @rscarlets.bsky.social . Read here! doi.org/10.1177/2976...
#AltTech #PlatformGovernance #ContentModeration #PlatformValues
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March 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
admscentre.org.au
ADM+S has made a submission to the proposed Digital Duty of Care, highlighting the importance of flexible regulation, user agency and access to platform data for independent research apo.org.au/node/335997 #DigitalDutyOfCare #OnlineSafety #DigitalPolicy #PlatformGovernance #AIRegulation
September 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
policyr.bsky.social
[New paper] "You and TikTok are, and will remain at all times, independent contractors", By ‪@taylorannabell.bsky.social‬, @sophiebishop.bsky.social, & ‪@cgoanta.bsky.social‬ policyreview.info/articles/ana... #TikTok #Monetisation #PlatformGovernance
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July 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
mariellew.bsky.social
Our OA chapter "Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness" with @tanyalokot.bsky.social has just been published as part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics.

#Commsky #Polisky #IRsky #PlatformGovernance #Academicsky
Telegram as a Developing Political Actor | 32 | v2 | Conceptualising P
The chapter examines how the popular messaging service Telegram functions as a platform for politics. Platforms' role in, and effect on, politics can only be
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June 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM
weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
🤝🌎 Excited to kick off the third installment of #Digimeet today, bringing together around 80 digital researchers from 16 countries across the EU, UK, South America, the US, and India! Our focus this year is a deep dive into #PlatformGovernance & #Power.

#DigitalResearch #TechPolicy
Laptop showing the visiual: Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting. DigiMeet2025 - 6 November. Platform Governance & Power: Between control, ethics and societal dynamics.
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
dlddb23698.bsky.social
Meta’s "black box" governance threatens digital sovereignty. Arbitrary suspensions without due process aren't just bugs—they are systemic failures. We need "transparency by design." Digital due process and human-led redress should be mandatory.
​#DigitalRights #PlatformGovernance #Meta
June 18, 2026 at 4:42 AM
norasuren.bsky.social
📍 Don't miss out on this exciting conversation! Register now www.norasuren.com/workshopform 🔗 #DigitalJustice #PlatformGovernance #AlgorithmicBias #MIT #SocialMediaActivism
PLATFORMS, ALGORITHMS, & SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKSHOP — nora suren
www.norasuren.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
Swiss government finally decided to move forward with its #DSA inspired communication platform bill, despite some trade-related issues with the current US regime...

Let's hope the proposal survives the public consultation and parliamentary debates.

#PlatformGovernance #MediaPolicy
New law on communication platforms and search engines: Start of consultation proceedings
www.news.admin.ch
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
Very interested to see, how this will play out and potentially break platforms' market power. Now, let's move to opinion power.

#mediapolicy #platformgovernance #DMA #antitrust
emmiehine.com Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · Nov 21
DOJ is swinging for the fences in the #Google search antitrust case. Headliner is selling Chrome, but most impactful request could be letting other search engines access its search index & results (a la EU DMA).
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2024...
US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome to Fix Search Monopoly
In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:34 AM
bigdatasoc.bsky.social
What does it mean to govern platforms and AI in the public interest, not just for innovation narratives? Panel 4 takes a law + political economy lens. Mar 18 uky.zoom.us/j/83382671765
#PlatformGovernance
March 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
policyr.bsky.social
[New special issue] #Contentmoderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms! As content regulation becomes increasingly politicised, this issue edited by Anne Bellon & Romain Badouard explores the growing role of #civilsociety in #platformgovernance. ⅕

Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.2005
Cover image for a special issue on content moderation on digital platforms, featuring a coastal landscape and the title: ‘Content moderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms’ Quote from A. Bellon & R. Badouard in a special issue on content moderation: ‘Content moderation encompasses a great diversity of actors. Users, NGOs, activists, journalists, advertisers, experts, designers and researchers are becoming more and more involved in moderation-related activities, apart from, in partnership with, or against public authorities and firms.’ The image features a coastal landscape background
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
bigdatasoc.bsky.social
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨

"From the virtual community to “Trust and Safety”: eBay (1995-2007) and the rise of platform governance” by Tomás Guarna.

🔓: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#platformgovernance #contentmoderation #ebay
March 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
lorcancneill.bsky.social
💼 I would love to chat about this work with anyone interested in the intersection of #platformgovernance, #AI, and #democracy! I'll be at #AEJMC in August and #APSA in September. If you're around, drop me a line!
June 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
vmtran.bsky.social
Hope to have you join our discussion tomorrow! #TransnationalAdvocacy #PlatformGovernance #SEA
vmtran.bsky.social Mai Van Tran @vmtran.bsky.social · Mar 7
Join us on March 26 in this #DRAPACSeries at @engagemedia.org as we discuss the research on pro-democracy platform advocacy, exploring the extent to which such advocacy might affect Big Tech’s practices and curb platform-mediated repression in the Global South.

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DRAPAC Series: Pro-democracy Platform Advocacy: Resisting Big Tech-mediated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia – EngageMedia
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March 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
zemki.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero, from our ZeMKI’s Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology, is delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD) on February 18 & 20, 2025. #PlatformGovernance #socialjustice
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/exiting-g...
February 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
manuelpuppis.ch
Irish media regulator plans new binding code for video sharing platforms' algorithmic recommender systems.

#mediapolicy #platformgovernance

www.euractiv.com/section/plat...
Ireland says its draft binding code could reshape social media's recommender systems
www.euractiv.com
December 15, 2023 at 7:32 AM
weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
#AI #Algorithm #AlgorithmicCulture #ContentStrategy #DigitalAnthropology #DigitalCulture #DigitalSociety #KnowledgeProduction #MediaEthnography #PlatformGovernance #PlatformStudies #SciCom #ScienceCommunication #SocialMediaAlgorithms #SocialScience #STS #TechAndSociety #VisibilityPolitics
April 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
socialmedialab.ca
🥳🥳🥳🥳 "Social Media as Fragile State" by @SMLabTO researchers Caroline Haythornthwaite, @philipmai.com & @gruzd.ca has been nominated for best paper at #HICSS2024!
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#HICSS57 #HICSS #platformgovernance #contentmoderation #fragilestate #humanrights
January 4, 2024 at 6:50 PM
pgmt.bsky.social
🚀 Tarleton Gillespie is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!

Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI."

📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15!
Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance
February 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM