News and Research articles on Policy-making

Combating misinformation online: re-imagining social media for policy-making

Eleni A. Kyza, Cyprus University of Technology
Christiana Varda, Cyprus University of Technology
Dionysis Panos, Cyprus University of Technology
Melina Karageorgiou, Cyprus University of Technology
Nadejda Komendantova, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Serena Coppolino Perfumi, Stockholm University
Syed Iftikhar Husain Shah, International Hellenic University
Akram Sadat Hosseini, University of Stuttgart
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1514

What more can social media platforms do to combat misinformation? Recommendations from policymakers suggest reconceptualising social media policies as a necessary step.

Slovenia out of luck as pioneers out for lunch

Monika Ermert, Heise, Intellectual Property Watch, VDI-Nachrichten

PUBLISHED ON: 13 Sep 2013

Is Slovenia at the avant-garde of communications policy? One says yes, the next says no. Where lies the thruth?  Read the first of our country-by-country series on smaller countries in Europe and their approaches, ideas and implementation of internet policy.

Policy innovation: small countries with big ideas

Monika Ermert, Heise, Intellectual Property Watch, VDI-Nachrichten

PUBLISHED ON: 9 Aug 2013

Can smaller countries in Europe only copy and past from the legislation of the EU or other big players, or are they in a position to provide fresh ideas for innovation in policy development? This new series by the Internet Policy Review checks on it.