Research articles on GOVERNANCE

Why did China’s Alibaba platform reform its enforcement practices in line with demands from the US government and US companies?

What are the informal arrangements governing online content on platforms in Europe, and what are the factors that make them more or less successful?

Manufacturers of “smart goods” can remotely alter or destroy software-enabled devices to further their corporate interests, a form of post-purchase control termed “bricking”.

Data ethics has gained traction in policy-making. The article presents an analytical investigation of the different dimensions and actors shaping data ethics in European policy-making.

Net neutrality consultations that tap into networked publics rest on a thin version of participation that maintains existing inequality.

The German Network Enforcement Act is an attempt to counteract the effects of hate speech on social media platforms. This paper analyses and evaluates the reports on the handling of complaints about unlawful content after its coming into force.

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.

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.

Zero rating has emerged as one of the most contentious communications policy debates of the last decade. The offer of ‘free’ access to select applications compromises network neutrality, at the same time as it can present advantages to users with limited economic resources. How can we attempt to reconcile these conflicting dimensions of zero rating?