Research articles on Infrastructure & Standards

From brand safety to suitability: advertisers in platform governance

Rachel Griffin, Paris Institute of Political Studies
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.3.1716

Advertisers’ concerns about “brand safety” and “brand suitability” are an underappreciated influence on social media platforms’ content governance, with concerning implications for social equality and the freedom of public debate online.

A platform policy implementation audit of actions against Russia’s state-controlled media

Sofya Glazunova, Queensland University of Technology
Anna Ryzhova, University of Passau
Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology
Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño, Queensland University of Technology
Arista Beseler, University of Passau
Ehsan Dehghan, Queensland University of Technology
PUBLISHED ON: 14 Jun 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1711

A platform policy implementation audit of how major digital platforms implemented their content moderation policies towards RT and Sputnik accounts at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It shows a wide, yet inconsistent range of measures taken by tech giants.

The politics of internet freedom rankings

Tetyana Lokot, Dublin City University
Mariëlle Wijermars, Maastricht University
PUBLISHED ON: 08 Jun 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1710

Internet freedom rankings are a comparative tool that serves as an evaluative shorthand in decision-making contexts internationally. Understanding their aims and how they define internet freedom, as well as the power relationships within the ranking ecosystem, can reveal a lot about their politics – and their limits.

Google and Apple together control 99% of the European smartphone operating system market. What are the distinctive European policy and academic contributions to the ongoing global debate on how this new source of market power should be controlled?

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