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One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?

One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?

In their article on the Digital Society Blog, Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann explain how social media councils can contribute to making platforms more democratic.

Read the article here (online)

Fertmann, M.; Kettemann, M. C. (2021): One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?. Digital Society Blog, 22 June 2021, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4773130.

Abstract
Parliaments set the rules for democracies. Platforms rule their private online spaces. But as online spaces become ever more important for democratic discourse, we ask ourselves: Can we make platforms more democratic? We believe Social Media Councils may be the solution to make platform rule-making and rule-enforcement more accountable, transparent, and legitimate.

One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?

In their article on the Digital Society Blog, Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann explain how social media councils can contribute to making platforms more democratic.

Read the article here (online)

Fertmann, M.; Kettemann, M. C. (2021): One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?. Digital Society Blog, 22 June 2021, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4773130.

Abstract
Parliaments set the rules for democracies. Platforms rule their private online spaces. But as online spaces become ever more important for democratic discourse, we ask ourselves: Can we make platforms more democratic? We believe Social Media Councils may be the solution to make platform rule-making and rule-enforcement more accountable, transparent, and legitimate.

About this publication

Authors

Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard) • Martin Fertmann

Year of publication

2021

RELATED KEYWORDS

Soziale Medien • self-regulation • regulation • democracy

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