From trust in the system to trust in the content Trust in the system

Péter Mezei, University of Szeged
Andreea Verteș-Olteanu, West University of Timișoara
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1511

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.

Expanding the debate about content moderation: scholarly research agendas for the coming policy debates

Tarleton Gillespie, Microsoft Research
Patricia Aufderheide, American University
Elinor Carmi, University of Liverpool
Ysabel Gerrard, University of Sheffield
Robert Gorwa, University of Oxford
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Queensland University of Technology
Sarah T. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles
Aram Sinnreich, American University
Sarah Myers West, New York University
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1512

Content moderation has exploded as a public and a policy concern, but the debate remains too narrow. Nine experts suggest ways to expand it.

There’s a place for us? The Digital Agenda Committee and internet policy in the German Bundestag

Julia Schwanholz, Georg-August University
Tobias Jakobi, Georg-August University
PUBLISHED ON: 15 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1509

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.

Explanations of news personalisation across countries and media types

Mariella Bastian, University of Amsterdam
Mykola Makhortykh, University of Bern
Jaron Harambam, Leuven University
Max van Drunen, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 13 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1504

We examined how news personalisation is communicated through privacy policies of quality and popular media outlets in the Netherlands, Russia and Brazil.

Transnational collective actions for cross-border data protection violations

Federica Casarosa, European University Institute
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Sep 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.3.1498

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.