The Content Governance Dilemma

Digital Constitutionalism, Social Media and the Search for a Global Standard
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-32923-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 143 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

Reihe: Information Technology and Global Governance

This open access book is one of the first academic works to comprehensively analyse the dilemma concerning global content governance on social media. To date, no single human rights standard exists across all social media platforms, allowing private companies to set their own rules, values and parameters. On the one hand, this normative autonomy raises serious concerns, primarily around whether companies should be permitted to establish the rules governing free speech online. On the other hand, if social media platforms simply adopted international law standards, they would be compelled to operate a choice on which model to follow, and put in place mechanisms to uphold these general standards. This book examines this topic from a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing from the expertise of the authors in law, political science and communication studies. It provides a carefully reconstructed theory of the content governance dilemma, as well as pragmatic solutions for companies and policymakers. In this way, the book not only benefits academics by advancing the debate on content moderation issues, but also informs new policies and regulatory strategies by offering an up-to-date overview of rules and tools for content moderation, as well as an evaluation of their current level of compliance with standards emerged in international human rights law and digital constitutionalism initiatives. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Celeste, Edoardo

Yilma, Kinfe

Palladino, Nicola

Redeker, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Content Governance Dilemma.- 3. The International Law of Content Governance.- 4. Shaping Standards from Below: Insights from the Civil Society.- 5. Platform Policies vs Human Rights Standards.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Edoardo Celeste is Assistant Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation and Director of the European Master in Law, Data and AI at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. 

Nicola Palladino is a Research Fellow under the Human+ Co-Fund Marie Sklodowska-Curie Programme at the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Dennis Redeker is a Postdoctoral Researcher at ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, Germany.  
 
Kinfe Yilma is Assistant Professor of Law at the School of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.