Research articles on GOVERNANCE

Volume 12, Issue 1

Future-proofing the city: A human rights-based approach to governing algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies Future-proofing the city: A human rights-based approach to governing algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies

Alina Wernick, University of Helsinki
Anna Artyushina, York University
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.1.1695

This special issue brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to identify the human rights implications of algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies and the means to govern them. In the editorial, we propose a framework for the analysis and design of human-rights-based smart cities.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Governance, Biometric, Algorithmic governance, Human rights
Volume 12, Issue 1

Governing artificial intelligence in the media and communications sector

Jo Pierson, Hasselt University
Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University
Stephen Cory Robinson, Linköping University
Rosanna Fanni, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Valerie Eveline Steinkogler, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Giulia Zampedri, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.1.1683

The article identifies critical blindspots in current European AI policies and explores the impact of AI technologies in the media and communications sector, based on a novel multi-level analytical framework.

KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence, Trust, AI governance, European policymaking
Volume 12, Issue 1

Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring solutions to help platforms better address this form of expression

Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Queensland University of Technology
Louisa Bartolo, Queensland University of Technology
Luke Troynar, Queensland University of Technology
PUBLISHED ON: 25 Jan 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.1.1677

The policies and content moderation practices of social media companies are not well equipped to recognise how and when humour harms. All too-often, therefore, platforms take down important harmless humour while they fail to effectively moderate humour that sows division and hate.

KEYWORDS: Humour, Online safety, Social media practices, Content moderation
Volume 11, Issue 1

Web monetisation

Catalina Goanta, Utrecht University
Alfa Yohanis, University of York
Vikas Jaiman, Maastricht University
Visara Urovi, Maastricht University
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.1.1650

Web monetisation is the conversion of user traffic into revenue. This glossary entry provides an overview of the concepts of web and content monetisation, discusses aspects arising out of their interaction, and addresses three main issues currently associated with the term: the interoperability of social media infrastructures, the interoperability of content and web monetisation, and the moderation of content monetised decentrally.

KEYWORDS: Monetisation, Content, Data governance
Volume 11, Issue 1

Can online political targeting be rendered transparent? Prospects for campaign oversight using the Facebook Ad Library

Somya Mehta, University of Leeds
Kristofer Erickson, University of Leeds
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.1.1648

This paper investigates whether it is possible for external publics to detect algorithmic targeting in political advertisements, using the tools provided by the Facebook Ad Library.

KEYWORDS: Campaigns, Internet oversight, Transparency, Advertising, Political technology, Political micro-targeting, Online platforms
Volume 11, Issue 1

Openness

Tyng-Ruey Chuang, Academia Sinica
Rebecca C. Fan, Academia Sinica
Ming-Syuan Ho, Academia Sinica
Kalpana Tyagi, Maastricht University
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.1.1643

Openness is contextual. Open implies access to resources or participatory mode of production that can be otherwise closed or restricted in degrees. Openness does not necessarily lead to inclusiveness or equity, even though it may be used to invoke such ideals.

KEYWORDS: Openness, Access, Interoperability, Open source, Open access, Open government