E.U. vs. U.S.A.: What Can Different Attitudes Towards Platform Regulation Teach Us?
Submitted by Kaitlin McDermott on 8 August 2019 - 10:04am
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The responsibility of communications platforms like Google, Twitter, and Facebook for their users’ online activities is a key factor affecting innovation and free speech in the 21st century. Still, the degree of liability for intermediaries – and the extent of online speech regulation – varies greatly, lacking a unified approach to regulation. Heightening the monitoring responsibilities of intermediaries is, in some ways, positive because intermediaries can work to support a healthy speech environment online.