Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)

Category: Platform Governance Archive

  • New Article: „How Negative Media Coverage Impacts Platform Governance“ by Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach

    New Article: „How Negative Media Coverage Impacts Platform Governance“ by Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach

    An important publication from the Lab’s own Dr. Prof. Christian Katzenbach in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Zurich as well as the Humboldt University of Berlin; Emma Hoes, K. Jonathan Klüser, Felix Hamborg, Meysam Alizadeh, Mael Kubli and Led by Nahema Marchal: “How Negative Media Coverage Impacts Platform Governance”. The empirical research was presented back at #ICA22 in Paris, in a panel chaired by Daniel…

  • PGA starts tracking Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social

    PGA starts tracking Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social

    The Platform Governance Archive (PGA) is expanding its scope to track the policy changes of three new social media platforms: Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social. The initiative aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and governance of these emerging platforms. Threads is an online social media and networking service launched on July 5,…

  • Meta redefines glorification of dangerous entities

    Meta redefines glorification of dangerous entities

    Meta ‧ Community Guidelines · January 11, 2024 On 11 January, Meta updated the section of its Community Guidelines that outlines the principles for the treatment of dangerous organizations and individuals. Namely, the platform has changed the description of the policy rationale as well as the definition of the glorification of dangerous entities that included…

  • End of Year Frenzy at Meta: Multiple changes to Facebook’s and Instagram’s Community Guidelines

    End of Year Frenzy at Meta: Multiple changes to Facebook’s and Instagram’s Community Guidelines

    In the final weeks of 2023, major social media platforms have made a range of changes to their Community Guidelines. This peak of policy changes represents the highest period of activity registered by the Platform Governance Archive in the last year. The following blog post gives an overview of the changes that were picked up…