Regulating Big Tech

Martin Moore is Director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication, and Power and a Senior Research Fellow at King's College London. His research focuses on political communication during election and referendum campaigns, and on the civic power of technology platforms. He is the author of Democracy Hacked (2016) and publishes frequently on media and politics.Damian Tambini is Associate Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the London School of Economics specialising in media and communications policy and law. He has served as an advisor and expert in numerous policymaking roles for the European Commission, the Council of Europe, the UK Government, and the UK media regulator, Ofcom.

Societies have finally woken up to the threat to democracy posed by the dominance of a small number of tech companies. But to date, the legal and legislative responses to the threat have been disjointed, unimaginative, and in some cases almost incoherent. The shortage of good ideas for bringing digital technology under effective democratic control is palpable and worrying. By assembling a formidable group of thinkers on these questions, Tambini and Moore have not only created the kind of brain trust liberal democracies need at this critical time, but also a primer for policymakers everywhere.

• Introduction Damian Tambini and Martin Moore PART I: Enhancing Competition 1. Reshaping Platform-Driven Digital Markets Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Entsminger, and Rainer Kattel 2. Reforming Competition and Media Law--The German Approach Bernd Holznagel and Sarah Hartmann 3. Overcoming Market Power in Online Video Platforms Eli M. Noam 4. Enabling Community-Owned Platforms--A Proposal for a Tech New Deal Nathan Schneider PART II: Increasing Accountability 5. Obliging Platforms to Accept a Duty of Care Lorna Woods and Will Perrin 6. Minimizing Data-Driven Targeting and Providing a Public Search Alternative Angela Phillips and Eleonora Maria Mazzoli 7. Accelerating Adoption of a Digital Intermediary Tax Elda Brogi and Roberta Maria Carlini PART III: Safeguarding Privacy 8. Treating Dominant Digital Platforms as Public Trustees Philip M. Napoli 9. Establishing Auditing Intermediaries to Verify Platform Data Ben Wagner and Lubos Kuklis 10. Promoting Data for Well-Being While Minimizing Stigma Frank Pasquale Part IV: Protecting Democracy 11. Responding to Disinformation: Ten Recommendations for Regulatory Action and Forbearance Chris Marsden, Ian Brown, and Michael Veale 12. Creating New Electoral Public Spheres Martin Moore 13. Transposing Public Service Media Obligations to Dominant Platforms Jacob Rowbottom PART V: Reforming Governance 14. A Model for Global Governance of Platforms Robert Fay 15. Determining Our Technological and Democratic Future: A Wish List Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer 16. Reconceptualizing Media Freedom Damian Tambini 17. A New Social Contract for Platforms Victor Pickard Conclusion: Without a Holistic Vision, Democratic Media Reforms May Fail Martin Moore and Damian Tambini