Table of Contents
1
Cover
5
Preface
7
Figures
8
Tables
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1 The End of the Libertarian Internet
Revisiting the Californian Ideology
The Three Is: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
Framing the Internet and Digital Platforms
Free Minds and Free Markets
The New Economy
Freedom and Government
The Open Internet and Romanticism
Openness as Public Policy: Safe Harbour and the Communications Decency Act 1996
The Changing Internet Landscape
From Innovation to Monopoly: The End of the Fifth Long Wave
Platformization of the Internet
Digital Platforms as Media Companies?
Digital Platforms and Populist Politics
Renewed Regulatory Activism
Conclusion
Notes
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2 The Platformization of Communications Media
The Platformized Internet
What Is a Platform?
The Evolution of Digital Platforms
Types of Digital Platforms and Digital Platform Companies
Platform Economics and Multisided Markets
Platforms and Infrastructures
Conclusion
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3 Issues of Concern
Introduction: Beyond the Techlash
Privacy and Security
Data
Algorithms
Disinformation and Fake News
Hate Speech and Online Abuse
Impact on Media and Creative Industries
Information Monopolies
Conclusion
Notes
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4 Digital Platforms and Communications Policy
Introduction
Law, Policy, and Regulation: Three Frames of Communications Policy
National Communications Policy in the Twentieth Century
The Three Is of Communication Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests
Institutions and the New Institutionalism
Ideas and Communication Policy
Interests and Public Policy: Pluralist, Elite, and Class Perspectives
The Three Is in Action: Communications Policy in the Age of the Internet
Conclusion
Notes
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5 Platform Regulation and Governance
Introduction: The Shifting Shape of Platform Governance
The Governance Revolution
The Platform Governance Triangle
Regulatory Case Studies
NetzDG Law (Germany)
General Data Protection Regulation (European Union)
News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code (Australia)
The Facebook Oversight Board (Global)
The Christchurch Call (New Zealand/International)
Contract for the Web (Global)
Classifying Regulatory Responses to Digital Platform Power
Platform Governance or Platform Regulation?
Conclusion
Notes
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6 The Chinese Internet and the Future of Global Internet Governance
Introduction: Liberal Institutionalism and Global Internet Governance
Global