The panel comparatively and critically examines regulatory approaches to online platforms in Australia, EU, and the US. These range from industry self-regulation to laws; sometimes inspiring each other (e.g. the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation and its Australian counterpart), while at other times tackling the same issue with different means (to make platforms pay publishers for news Australia used competition law, EU copyright law) – or taking a completely different stance (US Copyright Office recommended against adopting additional copyright-like rights for press publishers). Learning from these cases, we will discuss the potential for a common approach in platform regulation, considering different traditions in, among others, balancing free speech with other rights. We will also discuss what these diverged approaches bring to the online information sphere.

Speakers

• Timothy Dwyer, Department of Media and Communications, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
• Amanda Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
• Derek Wilding, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
• Maren Beaufort, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, AUSTRIA
• Konrad Bleyer-Simon, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, ITALY
• Elda Brogi, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, ITALY
• Iva Nenadic, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, ITALY

Participation by registration only. Please contact Dr Iva Nenadic at iva.nenadic@eui.eu