Regulating Big Tech: Policy Responses to Digital Dominance
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New York: Oxford University Press (2022), xii, 368 pp.
Contains illustrations
ISBN 978-0-19-761610-9 (pbk); 978-0-19-761611-6 (pdf)
Signature commbox: 70-Rights-E 2022
"This book has compiled the tech policy debate into a toolkit for policy makers, legal experts, and academics seeking to address platform dominance and its impact on society today. It discusses the global consensus around technology regulation with recommendations of cutting-edge policy innovations from around the world. It also explores the proposed policy toolkit through comprehensive coverage of existing and future policy on data, antitrust, competition, freedom of expression, jurisdiction, fake news, elections, liability, and accountability. The book identifies potential policy impacts on global communication, user rights, public welfare, and economic activity. It outlines a policy framework that address the interlocking challenges of contemporary tech regulation and offer actionable solutions for the technological future." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Damian Tambini and Martin Moore, 1
I. ENHANCING COMPETITION
1 Reshaping Platform-Driven Digital Markets / Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Entsminger, and Rainer Kattel, 17
2 Reforming Competition and Media Law: The German Approach / Sarah Hartmann and Bernd Holznagel, 35
3 Overcoming Market Power in Online Video Platforms / Eli M. Noam, 55
4 Enabling Community-Owned Platforms: A Proposal for a Tech New Deal / Nathan Schneider, 74
II. INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY
5 Obliging Platforms to Accept a Duty of Care / Lorna Woods and William Perrin, 93
6 Minimizing Data-Driven Targeting and Providing a Public Search Alternative / Angela Phillips and Eleonora Maria Mazzoli, 110
7 Accelerating Adoption of a Digital Intermediary Tax / Elda Brogi and Roberta Maria Carlini, 127
III. SAFEGUARDING PRIVACY
8 Treating Dominant Digital Platforms as Public Trustees / Philip M. Napoli, 151
9 Establishing Auditing Intermediaries to Verify Platform Data / Ben Wagner and Lubos Kuklis, 169
10 Promoting Data for Well-Being While Minimizing Stigma / Frank Pasquale, 180
IV. PROTECTING DEMOCRACY
11 Responding to Disinformation / Chris Marsden, Ian Brown, and Michael Veale, 195
12 Creating New Electoral Public Spheres / Martin Moore, 221
13 Transposing Public Service Media Obligations to Dominant Platforms / Jacob Rowbottom, 235
V. REFORMING GOVERNANCE
14 A Model for Global Governance of Platforms / Robert Fay, 255
15 Determining Our Technological and Democratic Future: A Wish List / Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer, 280
16 Reconceptualizing Media Freedom / Damian Tambini, 299
17 A New Social Contract for Platforms / Victor Pickard, 323
Conclusion: Without a Holistic Vision, Democratic Media Reforms May Fail / Martin Moore and Damian Tambini, 338
I. ENHANCING COMPETITION
1 Reshaping Platform-Driven Digital Markets / Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Entsminger, and Rainer Kattel, 17
2 Reforming Competition and Media Law: The German Approach / Sarah Hartmann and Bernd Holznagel, 35
3 Overcoming Market Power in Online Video Platforms / Eli M. Noam, 55
4 Enabling Community-Owned Platforms: A Proposal for a Tech New Deal / Nathan Schneider, 74
II. INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY
5 Obliging Platforms to Accept a Duty of Care / Lorna Woods and William Perrin, 93
6 Minimizing Data-Driven Targeting and Providing a Public Search Alternative / Angela Phillips and Eleonora Maria Mazzoli, 110
7 Accelerating Adoption of a Digital Intermediary Tax / Elda Brogi and Roberta Maria Carlini, 127
III. SAFEGUARDING PRIVACY
8 Treating Dominant Digital Platforms as Public Trustees / Philip M. Napoli, 151
9 Establishing Auditing Intermediaries to Verify Platform Data / Ben Wagner and Lubos Kuklis, 169
10 Promoting Data for Well-Being While Minimizing Stigma / Frank Pasquale, 180
IV. PROTECTING DEMOCRACY
11 Responding to Disinformation / Chris Marsden, Ian Brown, and Michael Veale, 195
12 Creating New Electoral Public Spheres / Martin Moore, 221
13 Transposing Public Service Media Obligations to Dominant Platforms / Jacob Rowbottom, 235
V. REFORMING GOVERNANCE
14 A Model for Global Governance of Platforms / Robert Fay, 255
15 Determining Our Technological and Democratic Future: A Wish List / Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer, 280
16 Reconceptualizing Media Freedom / Damian Tambini, 299
17 A New Social Contract for Platforms / Victor Pickard, 323
Conclusion: Without a Holistic Vision, Democratic Media Reforms May Fail / Martin Moore and Damian Tambini, 338
