Through empirical methods that walkthrough a typical user experience for acquiring virtual private network (VPN) services, this paper attempts to answer the question of how we come to trust, use and govern VPNs.
The editorial of the third special issue of Internet Policy Review in cooperation with the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is dedicated to the concept of trust. We explore the macro- and micro-levels of trust in the system and trust in the content, and also introduce the six papers selected for this special issue.
Content moderation has exploded as a public and a policy concern, but the debate remains too narrow. Nine experts suggest ways to expand it.
Interested in public policy and parliamentary research? Learn about the new digital committee, data retention law making and the emergence of internet policy in Germany.
This paper provides a unique analysis of cryptoparties and demonstrates the significance of mundane practices for security and privacy.
With online platforms in the sights of policymakers and regulators, we examine their power in the integrated platform ecosystem for video advertising.
We examined how news personalisation is communicated through privacy policies of quality and popular media outlets in the Netherlands, Russia and Brazil.
Internet companies are conduits through which states can exercise their authority beyond their borders. As Chinese companies such as Huawei become more commercially dominant, they threaten the geopolitical power of the US.
This paper examines the contradictory legal geographies that domestic courts currently negotiate when dealing with online and transnational child luring.
Although the GDPR paves the way for a coordinated EU-wide legal action against data protection infringements, only a reform of private international law rules can enhance the opportunities of data subjects to enforce their rights.