Online Regulation
Dual-use regulation: Managing hate and terrorism online before and after Section 230 reform
April 29, 2025The old military aphorism that the enemy gets a vote is oft forgotten in both Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. This cliche is worth keeping in mind as Congress debates adjustments to Section 230 (230) of the Communications Decency Act. For starters, Silicon Valleys persistent inability to ground products in the knowledge that some users ...
Developing a Responsive Regulatory Approach to Online Terrorist Content on Tech Platforms
April 29, 2025Tech platforms have been through several regulatory phases concerning the countering of terrorist content on their platforms: from a lack of regulation, to the government demands of self-regulation, to the present day where regulation has been implemented across the world. Much of this regulation, however, has been heavily criticised. After consideration of these criticisms, and ...
Countering online terrorist content: A social regulation approach
December 3, 2024After a period of self‐regulation, countries around the world began to implement regulations for the removal of terrorist content from tech platforms. However, much of this regulation has been criticised for a variety of reasons, most prominently for concerns of infringing free speech and creating unfair burdens for smaller platforms. In addition to this, regulation ...
Digital Services Act & Terrorist Content Online Regulation: Analysis and Comparison
September 14, 2024The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Regulation on Terrorist Content Online (TCO) are both legislative measures enacted by the European Union (EU) which are aimed at regulating digital services and combating the spread of harmful content online. While both measures are concerned with reducing online harm in the EU, they differ in the nature ...
False Commentary and Blinkered Perspectives Hampering TCO Progress
August 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Blind Faith in Technology Diverts EU Efforts to Fight Terrorism
August 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The EU’s Terrorist Content Regulation: Concerns about Effectiveness and Impact on Smaller Tech Platforms
August 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Online Regulation Series | Insights from Academia II
September 18, 2023To follow-up on our previous blogpost on academic analysis of the state of global online regulation, we take here a future oriented approach and provide an overview of academics and experts’ suggestions and analysis of what the future of online regulation might bring. ...
The Online Regulation Series | Insights from Academia I
September 18, 2023In this post, we look at academic analysis of global efforts to regulate online content and speech. ...