Platform Governance Hub
Concerns around harms originating from behaviours on online platforms are valid, especially when they pertain to forms of illegal and harmful content, such as hate speech and disinformation. However, legal frameworks that seek to address these concerns can—whether deliberately or inadvertently—also impact rights.
This hub brings together a range of resources to support critical civil society engagement across the broad umbrella of platform governance, with guidance on ensuring a rights-based approach.
Quick Links
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What would a human rights-based approach to platform regulation look like?
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Key insights and resources
Platform regulation and content governance
- GPD Explainer on Data Access for Researchers – A Key Component of Rights-Respecting Approaches to Online Platform Regulation
- The Final Text of UNESCO’s Guidelines: A More Balanced Approach to Platform Governance
- GPD Provides Comments on UNESCO Content Regulation Guidance
- The UK’s Online Safety Bill: Notes on Committee Stage and the Final Stretch
- GPD Calls on UK Government Not to Expand Criminal Liability for Social Media managers in Online Safety Bill
- GPD Response to UN Code of Conduct on Information Integrity
Disinformation
- LEXOTA
- Disinformation and Human Rights Explained
- Framework for Analysing Government Responses to Disinformation from a Human Rights Perspective
- Laws Restricting Disinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The State of Play in 2023
- Laws Restricting Disinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts of Their Enforcement on Freedom of Expression
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Monthly updates (The Digest)