The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation

As digital platforms have become more integral to not just how we live, but also to how we do politics, the rules governing online expression, behaviour, and interaction created by large multinational technology firms --- popularly termed ‘content moderation,’ ‘platform governance,’ or ‘trust and safety’ --- have increasingly become the target of government regulatory efforts seeking to shape them. This book provides a conceptual and empirical analysis of this important and emerging tech policy terrain of ‘platform regulation.’ How, why, and where exactly is it happening? Why now? And how do we best understand the vast array of strategies being deployed across jurisdictions to tackle this issue? Speaker: Dr Robert Gorwa Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Discussant: Marisol Manfredi PhD Candidate of Sustainable Development & Climate Change (IUSS Pavia + University of Pisa), Chair: Dr Cecilia Rikap Head of Research & Associate Prof in Economics, IIPP