News and Research articles on Civil society

Civil society’s role in constitutionalising global content governance

Nicola Palladino, University of Salerno
Dennis Redeker, University of Bremen
Edoardo Celeste, Dublin City University
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.1.1830

This article explores how civil society can contribute to constitutionalising social media global content governance by bridging international human rights law with platform policies.

Introduction to the special issue on content moderation on digital platforms

Romain Badouard, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
Anne Bellon, University of Technology of Compiègne
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.1.2005

Content moderation encompasses a great diversity of actors who develop specific practices. Their precise contribution to the democratisation of content regulation, and to the balance between public and private interests in platform governance, remains little studied. This special issue is an attempt at remedying this.

Coding and encoding rights in internet infrastructure

Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Niels ten Oever, Article 19 & University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Jan 2017 DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.442

Do ICANN’s policies and operations have an impact on human rights? Civil society engagement in the organisation seeks to inscribe human rights in internet infrastructure.