Background: The proliferation of misinformation, fake news, and hate speech are some of
the significant challenges posed by social media platforms these days. Social Media …

Researchers, policymakers, and competition and regulation authorities worldwide recognize
the utility of application programming interfaces (APIs) in powering the digital economy and …

Policy proposals for higher rules and standards governing how major user-generated
content platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube moderate socially problematic …

The ubiquity of digital platforms is undeniable, as is their transactional efficiency and world-
flattening possibilities. Yet, these platforms are contested battlegrounds where stakeholder …

Social media companies wield considerable power over what people can say and do online,
with consequences for freedom of expression and participation in digital culture. Yet we still …

The regulation of market activity has been largely dominated by governmental command-
and-control regulatory design (C&C), which was seen as the safest way to protect the public …

Over the last several years, concerns about the credibility or trustworthiness of information
online have been mounting. At the center of these concerns were questions about the role …

False information has become a profound issue of the Internet governance partly because of
its serious impact on the political elections and public daily information flows. Different …

In this article, we chart the conflicting standards of fact-checking outside Western, Educated,
Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) countries that shifted their focus from holding …

The rapid evolution of digital trade has initiated a transformation in global trade regulations,
leading to a fragmented and diversified landscape of international multilateral rules in digital …