A Grand Bargain for Online Content Governance: A Proposal for Advancing a Global Free Speech Agenda
Krupinski, Dave
2021
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
The battle over content governance on the Internet is heating up. As more states take unilateral regulatory action to curtail the impact that social media platforms have on shaping public discourse, the future of a free, global Internet based on international human rights norms is in ... read morejeopardy. Building on the step taken by Facebook with its creation of the Oversight Board, I propose a “grand bargain” for multi-stakeholder governance between platform companies and liberal democracies. This bargain would expand and formalize the role of the Oversight Board and establish a governance regime with international legitimacy, enforcement authority, and normative potential. Without such a bargain, regulation will increasingly fragment the global Internet. Platform companies will be embroiled in legal battles across the world as they twist their platforms and processes to meet a patchwork of regulatory and legal requirements. Authoritarian regimes will be further empowered to crack down on freedom of speech and expression. Liberal democracies will have missed a crucial opportunity to advance a normative free speech agenda aligned with democratic principles. Most importantly, international human rights will be in retreat.read less - ID:
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