The idea of decentralising social media is driven by historical concerns over centralised power structures and the more contemporary issue of content moderation policies.
The article explores the concept Web of Value from the perspectives of different economic theories, demonstrating the competing imaginaries on the future of the internet.
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?
Google Scholar’s platform dynamics undermine the academy’s ability to understand how it evaluates itself.
There is no one set definition for the phrase “ad hoc networks”. The term refers to the ability for members of a network to establish a network connection between devices. Yet, ad hoc networks pertain to both the technical domain of network infrastructures, the social, political and economic modes of self-organisation they enable, and the regulatory and policy settings that enable them.
Protocol has become a common term in a huge variety of technical and societal fields. This entry traces its proliferation from Antiquity to blockchains and points out its organisational properties and powers.
Avatars, as emanations of human identity, do not at the moment enjoy a regulated legal status. This article specifies legal tools for creating digital identity and their limitations.
In this article, we assess the effectiveness and impact of telecommunications transparency reports on government requests for information.
This article examines the policy dynamics of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in a country with a low level of competition in the global South.
This paper investigates challenges arising for Value Sensitive Design due to the distribution of power in socio-technical ecosystems.