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Global Gatekeepers: Online Oversight and Internet Content Moderation

Global Gatekeepers: Online Oversight and Internet Content Moderation6 jun 202555 min

Guest: Erik Tuchtfeld (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)

The Internet connects people from across the globe: it facilitates communication and has single-handedly transformed education, commerce, and entertainment. But who controls what we can say and find on the Internet? Or better put, who are the Internet’s Global Gatekeepers?

In this episode, Erik Tuchtfeld and Christopher Murphy dive into the complex world of online content moderation and discuss its far-reaching implications.

Link to Erik's research papers: https://www.mpil.de/en/pub/institute/personnel/academic-staff/etuchtfe.cfm