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Rieder, Bernhard; Hofmann, Jeanette - In: Internet Policy Review 9 (2020) 4, pp. 1-28

The growing power of digital platforms raises the question of democratic control or at least containment. In light of the transforming impact of platforms on markets, the public sphere, elections, and employment conditions, governments, and civil society alike are demanding more transparency and...

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Data justice

Dencik, Lina; Sanchez-Monedero, Javier - In: Internet Policy Review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-16

Data justice has emerged as a key framework for engaging with the intersection of datafication and society in a way that privileges an explicit concern with social justice. Engaging with justice concerns in the analysis of information and communication systems is not in itself new, but the...

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Recommender systems and the amplification of extremist content

Whittaker, Joe; Looney, Seán; Reed, Alastair; Votta, Fabio - In: Internet Policy Review 10 (2021) 2, pp. 1-29

Policymakers have recently expressed concerns over the role of recommendation algorithms and their role in forming … "filter bubbles". This is a particularly prescient concern in the context of extremist content online; these algorithms may …

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Algorithmic systems: The consent is in the detail?

Giannopoulou, Alexandra - In: Internet Policy Review 9 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19

Applications of algorithmically informed decisions are becoming entrenched in society,with data processing being their main process and ingredient. While these applications areprogressively gaining momentum, established data protection and privacy rules have struggledto incorporate the...

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Governance by algorithms

Musiani, Francesca - In: Internet Policy Review 2 (2013) 3, pp. 1-8

Algorithms are increasingly often cited as one of the fundamental shaping devices of our daily, immersed … 'algorithms' beyond their broad definition as "encoded procedures for transforming input data into a desired output, based on … 'what algorithms do' and in which ways they are artefacts of governance, providing two examples drawing from the internet …

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The algorithmic dance: YouTube's Adpocalypse and the gatekeeping of cultural content on digital platforms

Kumar, Sangeet - In: Internet Policy Review 8 (2019) 2, pp. 1-21

The March 2017 advertiser revolt on YouTube, popularly known as the adpocalypse, introduced widespread and radical changes on the platform's policies related to the moderation of content, their 'monetisability' and the terms of the relationship between creators and the platform. These changes in...

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