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Nieborg, D., Poell, T., Caplan, R., & van Dijck, J. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on Locating and theorising platform power. Internet Policy Review, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.2.1781

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Nieborg, David, Poell, Thomas, Caplan, Robyn and van Dijck, José. 2024. "Introduction to the special issue on Locating and theorising platform power". Internet Policy Review 13 (2). DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1781. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-special-issue-locating-and-theorising-platform-power.

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Nieborg D, Poell T, Caplan R, van Dijck J. Introduction to the special issue on Locating and theorising platform power. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2024 [24 August 2026];13(2). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-special-issue-locating-and-theorising-platform-power

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The clash between law power and code power in the controversy over Meta’s “pay or okay model”.

KEYWORDS: Platform power, Internet regulation, Surveillance advertising, Privacy, Marketing

Volume 13, Issue 4

Between the cracks: Blind spots in regulating media concentration and platform dependence in the EU

Theresa Josephine Seipp, University of Amsterdam
Natali Helberger, University of Amsterdam
Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam
Jef Ausloos, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 14 Nov 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.4.1813

The DSA, DMA, and EMFA aim to regulate platform power over digital services and markets while establishing rules to protect media freedom, pluralism, and editorial independence, notably through efforts to address media concentration; however, they seem to overlook some of the underlying causes driving these concentration threats.

KEYWORDS: Platform power, Media pluralism, European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), Digital media, Platform dependence

An analysis of platform lobbying and policy influence during the Digital Services Act negotiations in the EU.

KEYWORDS: Platform power, Lobbying, Business power, Policy influence, Platform governance

This paper demonstrates how gig platforms can become both a resource for risk management and a new source of risk, depending on the complex interaction between a platform’s labour management strategies on the one hand and the mix of support structures and dependencies in a worker’s life on the other.

KEYWORDS: Platform power, Gig economy, Risk, Platform-adjacent approach, Everyday life

The paper contributes to the further development of platform studies by looking at the early stages of development. It draws on insights from an exemplary research and innovation project that aimed to develop a "diversity-aware online social platform".

KEYWORDS: Innovation, Platform power, Platform design, Big data, Algorithms

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