Abstract
This paper will be vital reading for policymakers, regulators, and industry representatives. It is the first attempt at mapping the regulatory landscape, creating a taxonomy of 80 distinct online harms, eight areas of law that need to considered by regulators, nine different agencies who are responsible for regulation, and a diverse range of different regulatory tools that can be used and policy levers that can be pulled.
Highlights
Platforms as an emerging regulatory objectPlatforms are everywhere
We find that Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are the most central actors in the regulatory field, with the Information Commissioner following close behind
We present the findings of the content analysis in tabular form, following the sequence of the seven method steps taken. 3.1 Online Harms In line with the issue-attention perspective, we begin by extracting a list of online issues that are considered to be problematic in the reports, and as in need of a remedial response
Summary
Platforms as an emerging regulatory objectPlatforms are everywhere. They keep us connected, make markets, entertain and shape public opinion. They keep us connected, make markets, entertain and shape public opinion. A worldwide pandemic without this digital infrastructure would have unfolded quite differently. The technological optimism that inflected the early years of the Internet is disappearing fast.. Giant digital firms are seen as unaccountable multinational powers. They survey our private sphere and accumulate data, they dominate commerce, they mislead publics and evade democratic control
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