The law is closing in on Facebook and the 'digital gangsters'
- Written by Sacha Molitorisz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
For social media and search engines, the law is back in town.
Prompted by privacy invasions, the spread of misinformation, a crisis in news funding and potential interference in elections, regulators in several countries now propose a range of interventions to curb the power of digital platforms.
A newly published UK inquiry is part of this...