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This paper discusses how online political micro-targeting is regulated in Europe, from the perspective of data protection law, freedom of expression, and political advertising rules.

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

The countering of terrorism propaganda online, through private companies, may little by little kill our right to freedom of expression.

Since being first developed through the case law of the European Court of Justice, the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) has rapidly diffused beyond its European origins: in Latin America for instance. This paper documents the wide spectrum of interpretations the RTBF has had across countries and data protection authorities.

This paper examines three historical imaginaries associated with encryption, considering how they are intertwined in contemporary policy debates.

Given the weakness of consent-dependent agreements in relation to profiling and prediction markets, consumer protection needs improvement.

With widespread smart contract implementation on the horizon, there is much conversation about how to regulate this new technology. Noting the failure of contract law to address the inequities of standardised contracts in the digital environment can help prevent them from being codified further into smart contracts.

Big crisis data presuppose the ongoing calculation and valuation of (transient) events, producing both singular and networked events and actors.

This article distils from the various (proposals for) platform regulation operational principles that can serve as the basis for productive debate on the subject.