Guarding the guardians: Content moderation by online intermediaries and the rule of law

N Elkin-Koren - 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Online intermediaries have become a focal point of content moderation. They may enable or
disable access by removing or blocking controversial content, or by terminating users' …

[HTML][HTML] Making the private public: Regulating content moderation under Chinese law

B Xiao - Computer Law & Security Review, 2023 - Elsevier
With the expansion of digital economy, tackling illegal online content is an increasingly
challenging task. China implemented a dual-track legal mechanism on content moderation …

Understanding content moderation systems: new methods to understand internet governance at scale, over time, and across platforms

N Suzor - Computational Legal Studies, 2020 - elgaronline.com
Technology companies play a major role in governing the internet. The rules of platforms,
content hosts, search engines, and telecommunications providers govern how we interact …

From editorial obligation to procedural accountability: policy approaches to online content in the era of information intermediaries

M Bunting - Journal of Cyber Policy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Like all markets, online platforms need rules. Their rules are both explicit, in the form of
community standards, moderator guidelines, terms of use, commercial contracts and …

Online Platforms' Moderation of Illegal Content Online: Law, Practices and Options for Reform

A De Streel, E Defreyne, H Jacquemin, M Ledger… - 2020 - researchportal.unamur.be
Online platforms have created content moderation systems, particularly in relation to tackling
illegal content online. This study reviews and assesses the EU regulatory framework on …

Competent third parties and content moderation on platforms: Potentials of independent decision-making bodies from a governance structure perspective

A Heldt, S Dreyer - Journal of Information Policy, 2021 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
After many years of much-criticized opacity in the field of content moderation, social media
platforms are now opening up to a dialogue with users and policymakers. Until now, liability …

[PDF][PDF] If You Build it, They Will Come. The DSA “Procedure Before Substance” Approach

P Ortolani - 2023 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Content moderation is not only an Internet governance problem; it is also, unavoidably, a
form of de facto adjudication. Online platforms make determinations that affect individual …

The rise of content cartels

E Douek - Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
The fear that a single actor can decide what can or cannot be said in large parts of the online
public sphere has led to growing calls for measures to promote competition between digital …

A consumer protection approach to platform content moderation

M MacCarthy - Fundamental Rights Protection Online: the Future …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
Congress should consider legislation to regulate the content moderation practices of
platforms. Failure to act will leave platform users unprotected and will allow other countries …

Regulating Platforms' Invisible Hand: Content Moderation Policies and Processes

K Gill - Wake Forest J. Bus. & Intell. Prop. L., 2020 - HeinOnline
Before 2016, the calls for comprehensive regulation of social media platforms were small in
the United States. Since then, the push for regulation, spanning the entire political spectrum …