This glossary entry presents a topology of interoperability layers and presents some of the key economic and socio-technical concerns faced by interoperable systems.
Decentralised content moderation describes and potentially advocates for moderation infrastructures in which both the authority and the responsibility to moderate are distributed over a plurality of actors or institutions.
Data cooperatives are a type of data intermediary using long established cooperative models and global regulatory affordances to manage data with or on behalf of members (data producers) for the benefit of members or for trade with external queriers (data users).
Hacktivism represents a dynamic intersection of technology and activism, where individuals or groups leverage digital tools to advance social or political causes.
A glossary entry that defines consensus as a cultural technique and advocates for its potential as a democratic tool for common understanding, rather than distributed decision-making.
Data commons are more than data sharing arrangements. They bring up issues relating to the kind of communities they uphold, their relationships with third parties (such as other commons), data capitalism, and various dimensions of sustainability.
This paper delivers a legal analysis that explores whether the privacy labels of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), along with insights into the adoption of app developers to map the extent of the problem.
Focusing on recommender systems used by dominant social media platforms as an example of high-reach AI, this study explores the directionality of transparency provisions introduced by the Digital Services Act and highlights the pivotal role of oversight authorities in addressing risks posed by high-reach AI technologies.
In this article, we analyse attempts to regulate and control TikTok through the lens of foreign interference and technological sovereignty in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
This paper explores the economics of software vulnerabilities, evaluates three policy alternatives for vulnerability discovery and disclosure and argues that bug bounty programs, which leverage two-sided digital market platforms to connect organisations and ethical hackers, yield the highest effectiveness, legality and trustworthiness impacts.
