— 10 min read — Today is the 10th anniversary of the start of massive protests in Egypt that led to the removal of their autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak. These protests came hot on the heels of demonstrations in Tunisia that had forced their President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power on January 14th…
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In this episode we discuss the Arab Spring and how it evolved, how the Internet played a role and what role it really played as well as how the Arab Spring might have unfolded today if it had happened now.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild …
— 13 min read — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has attracted a lot of (mostly favourable) attention for criticising the recent removal of Donald Trump’s social media accounts. As it is well known that she has strong political disagreements with the outgoing US President, her comments have been interpreted by some as a powerful argument…
8 CommentsIn this episode we discuss the responsibility of platforms in the larger perspective of what we should expect in the coming years, how the public sphere can be upheld and what laws are coming.
Leave a Comment— 10 min read — Summary :- I explore the power of platforms to ‘eject’ people from their services following recent decisions about President Trump’s accounts.
Leave a Comment— 9 min read — Summary:- I look at new UK rules on collecting sales tax as an example of regulation driving businesses to use platforms. Regulators prefer to deal with a small number of large intermediaries rather than enforce against many individuals.
1 Comment— 14 min read — Summary :- this post describes a model for ‘Harm Reduction Plans’. Platforms would create these documents to explain how they are responding to specific harms. They would be provided to regulators and form part of any new oversight mechanism.
Leave a Comment— 6 min read — If you live in the UK you will likely have been amused by a video produced by the comedian Matt Lucas sending up the Government’s advice on what people need to do in response to Covid-19. The phrase ‘go to work, don’t go to work’ has become a zeitgeist response…
1 Comment— 10 min read — A Court Scene Imagine a scenario in which the newly-independent UK is summoned to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to explain why it thinks UK national security laws and practices are consistent with EU law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The UK has to attend the hearing…
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