News and Research articles on Platform policies

A platform policy implementation audit of actions against Russia’s state-controlled media

Sofya Glazunova, Queensland University of Technology
Anna Ryzhova, University of Passau
Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology
Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño, Queensland University of Technology
Arista Beseler, University of Passau
Ehsan Dehghan, Queensland University of Technology
PUBLISHED ON: 14 Jun 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1711

A platform policy implementation audit of how major digital platforms implemented their content moderation policies towards RT and Sputnik accounts at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It shows a wide, yet inconsistent range of measures taken by tech giants.

Platform transience: changes in Facebook’s policies, procedures, and affordances in global electoral politics

Bridget Barrett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Dec 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1446

This paper shows how platforms are transient in the policies, procedures, and affordances and details the implications for politics.