Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)

Tag: platform policies

  • Dr. Daria Dergacheva at ECREA’s 2024 pre-conference in September

    Dr. Daria Dergacheva at ECREA’s 2024 pre-conference in September

    Our member, Dr. Daria Dergacheva, will be presenting at ECREA’s 2024 pre-conference “The Informational Influence of Autocracies Abroad” in Ljublyana, Slovenia, on September 23rd 2024.   Daria will present her research on “Governing Russian Disinformation: very large social media platforms policies in the context of Russian invasion and war in Ukraine”. The event is organised by…

  • 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,…

  • “Understanding the emergence of platforms and their governance: A longitudinal perspective”

    A presentation by Prof. Christian Katzenbach (University of Bremen). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance. March 13, 2024 | 4 – 5pm How do social media platforms become what they are, how do they change and what is the role of governance in this process? Platforms have become key…

  • X (formerly Twitter) softens its violent speech policy 

    X (formerly Twitter) softens its violent speech policy 

    On the 25th of October 2023, the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, made changes in their global Community Guidelines policy.  According to the Platform Governance Archive, a data depository which automatically tracks policy changes on  18 platforms, X significantly softened its violent speech policy.  In 2023, violent speech is defined by X (and…

  • Public panel discussion on social media governance in Georgia and beyond

    Public panel discussion on social media governance in Georgia and beyond

    On Thursday, 02 November 2023, Member of the ZeMKI’s Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker convenes a panel discussion entitled “Building Trust in the Digital Age: How to fight hate and misinformation on social media – in Georgia and beyond”. The public event will take place at 17:00-19:00h at Haus der Wissenschaft…

  • Meta changes its policy on sadistic imagery and violence as the Israeli–Palestinian conflict escalates

    Meta · Community Guidelines · 17 October, 2023 *The following post may contain explicit language and content that could be distressing to some readers On October 17, Instagram and Facebook changed their Community Guidelines to specifically prohibit sadistic posts containing imagery of deceased babies. While before the corresponding policy section forbade the posting of  “sadistic…

  • New book by Dennis Redeker (PGMT) and colleagues: “The Content Governance Dilemma”

    New book by Dennis Redeker (PGMT) and colleagues: “The Content Governance Dilemma”

    In July 2023, PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker – together with Dr. Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University), Dr. Nicola Palladino (Trinity College Dublin) and Dr. Kinfe Yilma (Addis Ababa University) – published a new book with Palgrave Macmillan. “The Content Governance Dilemma: Digital Constitutionalism, Social Media and the Search for a Global Standard” can be…