This paper compares two controversies in social media governance and argues that social media companies’ actions indicate an expanded role for marketing and advertising as arbiters of the public interest in media content delivery.

Several countries have adopted counter terrorism legal frameworks in the past two decades. By framing the Ethiopian Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 as an extension of the ruling party’s neopatrimonial design, this article examines the law’s draconian effects on freedom of speech in Ethiopia’s digital sphere.

Online stores can offer each customer a different price. This study analyses why most people find such online price discrimination unfair and unacceptable, and why they think it should be banned.

The countering of terrorism propaganda online, through private companies, may little by little kill our right to freedom of expression.

Is Bitcoin a fair and reliable currency? Contrary to what its proponents might hope, Bitcoin is far from fulfilling their expectations.

This paper analyses social media blocking in Brazil, as a consequence of "regulatory disruption".

Attaining transparency and accountability through the right of access is a struggle; Is there a way forward through using the power of the collective?

Since being first developed through the case law of the European Court of Justice, the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) has rapidly diffused beyond its European origins: in Latin America for instance. This paper documents the wide spectrum of interpretations the RTBF has had across countries and data protection authorities.

This paper analyses the selection, dissemination, and framing of media messages in day-to-day politics topic communities on Twitter