News and Research articles on Digital rights

Volume 14, Issue 1

Platform governance and civil society organisations: Tensions between reform and revolution continuum

Eugenia Siapera, University College Dublin
Elizabeth Farries, University College Dublin
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.1.2002

Ideological differences, financial precarity, and tensions within the milieu of digital rights civil society organisations involved in platform governance advocacy can undermine these organisations’ ability to advocate for reform at all, let alone engage in a radical redefinition of the terms under which (platform) governance takes place.

KEYWORDS: Platform governance, Civil society organisations, Digital Services Act, Digital rights
Volume 12, Issue 2

The politics of internet freedom rankings

Tetyana Lokot, Dublin City University
Mariëlle Wijermars, Maastricht University
PUBLISHED ON: 8 Jun 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1710

Internet freedom rankings are a comparative tool that serves as an evaluative shorthand in decision-making contexts internationally. Understanding their aims and how they define internet freedom, as well as the power relationships within the ranking ecosystem, can reveal a lot about their politics – and their limits.

KEYWORDS: Rankings, Digital rights, Framing, Internet freedom, Democracy
Volume 8, Issue 1
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Data and digital rights: recent Australian developments

Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney
Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney
Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Sydney
Fiona Martin, University of Sydney
Lucy Sunman, University of Sydney
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.1.1390

How do we construct and deliver data privacy rights? We discuss two recent Australian initiatives on regulation of digital platforms and a new consumer data right.

KEYWORDS: Digital rights, Citizens, Privacy, Data rights, Consumers