This paper examines data and privacy governance by four China-based mobile applications and their international versions - including the role of the state. It also highlights the role of platforms in gatekeeping mobile app privacy standards.
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How the GDPR on data transfer affects cross-border payment institutions
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Recital 23 brought an obligation to all companies that receive, control or process personal data of European Union (EU) residents to comply with the minimal safeguards stated in European legislation. One of the main issues is the fact that companies that are not based in the EU, which receive, store
Disinformation
As European eyes turn to India's fake news lockdown, Argentina's human rights response should be evaluated
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the most urgent situation in relation to both disinformation and misinformation since the establishment of European Union’s 2018 codes of practice on disinformation. Pressure to change the regulatory framework is growing.
Targeted political advertising can potentially exclude voter segments from important political information, and undermine the democratic process
This paper shows how platforms are transient in the policies, procedures, and affordances and details the implications for politics.
Ad archives are a novel tool in online advertising governance. They promise significant benefits, but only if their operators address key criticisms.
Net neutrality consultations that tap into networked publics rest on a thin version of participation that maintains existing inequality.
This paper analyses social media blocking in Brazil, as a consequence of "regulatory disruption".
This paper examines three historical imaginaries associated with encryption, considering how they are intertwined in contemporary policy debates.
Papers in this special issue Introducing Australian internet policy: problems and prospects Angela Daly, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Julian Thomas, RMIT University, Australia The passage of Australia’s data retention regime: national security, human rights, and media scrutiny Nicolas Suzor, Queensland University of Technology,
