Tag: platform governance
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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,…
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PGMT Lab’s presence at ICA 2024
6. June 2024 The International Communications Association (ICA) will take place on its 74th year in Gold Cost, Australia, from June 20 to 24. The ZeMKI will be represented with numerous contributions to the event and the Platform Governance Media and Technology Lab (PGMT) members are set to contribute with their research. To kick off the Institute’s presence at…
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‘Plat-formation: The Formation of Platforms and Their Governance’ – lecture by Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach at the University of Sheffield on Thursday
ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on ‘Plat-formation: The Formation of Platforms and Their Governance’ at the University of Sheffield on Thursday, the 30th of May. Abstract How do social media platforms become what they are, how do they change and what is the role of governance in this process? Platforms…
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Lab member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference today in Brussels.
PGMT Lab member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference in Brussels today, 22 May 2024. She is a panelist at the panel organized by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), on “The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights: How to Assess, Mitigate and Monitor Systemic Risks on…
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#TikTokban
Unpacking the US TikTok ban by Rebecca Scharlach TL;DR: TikTok, one of the most popular platforms worldwide, is seen as a security risk for the United States. But why? (A meme about the TikTok ban. For more, klick here) Can the US government really ban TikTok? Do they really want to do that? Unsurprisingly, many…
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PGMT Lab member organizes session at first REMIT Conference in Leuven
Member of ZeMKI and the PGMT Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker organizes a conference session on the topic of “Digital Governance between Multistakeholderism and Multilateralism” as part of the first conference of the EU Horizon Europe research project “Reignite Multilateralism via Technology” (REMIT). The conference takes place on 16 and 17 May 2024 at KU Leuven in Belgium and brings…
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Mark Malone will present on Monday 29th as part of the “Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance” Project
As part of her YUFE research project on Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance, fellow Dr Paloma Viejo has invited researcher and activist Mark Malone who will present on Monday 29th April at 14:00hs in room SFG 1040 a talk about the emergence of reactionary and far right activity in Ireland, specifically on themes of anti-migrant,…
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Interdisciplinary Erasmus+ blended-intensive programme a success
More than 20 students and ten instructors from universities across Europe spent a week in beautiful Padova for the final phase and highlight of their Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). The in-person component of the BIP “Digital Constitutionalism and Platform Governance” took place in late September at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies…
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Social media governance discussion with three Georgian legal scholars
On 2 November 2023, at Haus der Wissenschaft, three guest speakers from Georgia participated in a public panel discussion with host and PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker. The two-hour session was moderated by PGMT member Vasilisa Kuznetsova. The public event under the auspices of ZeMKI, University of Bremen, included a lively discussion with a small…