Regulating Social Media Platforms: A Comparative Policy Analysis

IF 0.2 Q4 LAW

Communication Law and Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-02 DOI:10.1080/10811680.2020.1735194

Alex Rochefort

引用次数: 22

Abstract

High-profile scandals related to electoral interference, fake news and misinformation, violations of data privacy, and suppression of political activism by anti-democratic regimes have cast a cloud over the social media industry in recent years. The question is not if, but when and how, reform will be undertaken and with what consequences. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this article is to conduct a comparative analysis of competing alternatives for social media platform regulation. Its focus is international, encompassing not only proposals advanced by different groups within the United States, but also selected major developments abroad. The goal of such a comparison is to improve understanding of limited as well as more comprehensive strategies of intervention while evaluating their appeal for addressing the controversy that surrounds the social media industry based on policy effectiveness and other technical and normative criteria.

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规范社交媒体平台:比较政策分析

近年来，与选举干预、假新闻和错误信息、侵犯数据隐私以及反民主政权镇压政治活动有关的高调丑闻给社交媒体行业蒙上了一层阴影。问题不在于是否进行改革，而在于何时以及如何进行改革，以及改革将带来何种后果。在此背景下，本文的目的是对社交媒体平台监管的竞争方案进行比较分析。它的重点是国际性的，不仅包括美国国内不同团体提出的建议，还包括国外选定的重大发展。这种比较的目的是提高对有限和更全面的干预策略的理解，同时根据政策有效性和其他技术和规范标准评估它们对解决围绕社交媒体行业的争议的吸引力。

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Communication Law and Policy LAW-

CiteScore

0.60

自引率

33.30%

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期刊介绍： The societal, cultural, economic and political dimensions of communication, including the freedoms of speech and press, are undergoing dramatic global changes. The convergence of the mass media, telecommunications, and computers has raised important questions reflected in analyses of modern communication law, policy, and regulation. Serving as a forum for discussions of these continuing and emerging questions, Communication Law and Policy considers traditional and contemporary problems of freedom of expression and dissemination, including theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues inherent in the special conditions presented by new media and information technologies.