
research @wzb_berlin politics + tech policy, governance + platforms, &more new OA book: The Politics of Platform Regulation https://xitter.cf/t.co/T6wMGMN5uO
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My biggest project to date just landed in Berlin 🫣🤖
After many years of research, writing, and revision, I'm so excited to hear what you all think about 'The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation.'
A short 🧵of summary and thanks:
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In 2024, @rgorwa published "The Politics of Platform Regulation How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation", in Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Read his article for the #CELESymposium 👇
Replying to @CELEUP
We continue with the #SymposiumCELE!
@rgorwa reflects on the informal methods of pressure that governments use to shape what platforms do and wonders about how "observable" the phenomenon is: observatoriolegislativocele.…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is our truest successor to James Baldwin. Watch him deal with getting race-baited by a white moderate. Reminds of the Baldwin's many appearances on white moderate TV
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Hey look, my first collaboration w/ @mikarv on governance in the AI model hosting ecosystem - presented at FAccT, floating around for a while as a preprint - is officially now out #LIT 🚨
Super proud of this work, stay tuned for more soon…
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…?
September is here, summer is (slowly) coming to a close, and I'm exciting to be jumping into the new academic year with a few book events...
Berlin colleagues, I'll be honoured to be in conversation next week @WZB_Berlin with an amazing panel @rasmus_kleis @nhelberger @claraig
A couple days earlier I'm doing a Canadian event with the great colleagues @CIGIonline, this one will be online and livestreamed those interested:
gorwa-book-launch.eventbrite…
LatAm folks (and folks on nearby timezones!), I'll be going deeper in an (online) academic seminar at @CELEUP on the 18th of Sep...
palermo.edu/derecho/2024/sep…
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Damning report out today from Worker Info Exchange, revealing the dire need for public data on safety, labour, and environmental impacts of gig economy platforms like Uber & Deliveroo.
I'm pleased to have contributed (w/ @jml_stein) to some of the data analysis - more soon!
EXPOSED: How the gig economy public data deficit conceals nearly £2 billion in yearly wage theft, blatant disregard for worker and public safety, and rampant growth in emissions.
Read our full report, Dying for Data🔽
workerinfoexchange.org/publi…
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Join us to celebrate the launch of @rgorwa’s new book, The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation, on Monday, September 9, 2024, 10:00–11:30AM ET (4:00–5:30PM CET), live via Zoom.
The Politics of Platform Regulation is the summation of Robert’s multi-year research project into the emerging domestic and international politics of online safety.
Learn more and register: cigionline.org/events/book-l…
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Who is regulating AI?
Our paper (w/@ChrisTMarsden) on AI co-regulation has just been published: t.ly/0Fha9
We explore the role of standards in the AI Act, democratic legitimacy, and the need for inclusive approaches to AI regulation
The book is open access (thanks @lfvopenscience @WZB_Berlin! ) and available for free download at academic.oup.com/book/56385
The print version is now shipping from global.oup.com/academic/prod….
















