Figure 1. "INTERNET" by lecasio is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Assignment 2

The challenges of content moderation on digital platforms

Content moderation is an inherent characteristic of digital platforms, and the platforming of the Internet has made content moderation increasingly important. Gillespie (2018, p. 5) explains the role of platforms that, “whether they want to or not, platforms find that […]

No Picture
Assignment 2

Content Moderation of Digital Platforms

Figure 1. Social Media by Wikimedia Commons are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Introduction The increasing amount of content on the Internet not only represents more traffic, but also signals a huge content risk hiding […]

No Picture
Assignment 2

Techlash and Public Concerns Lying Behind Techlash

Techlash and Public Concerns Lying Behind Techlash   Photo Source In his book Tools and Weapons (2021), Brad Smith, the American attorney and current president of Microsoft asked whether technology is indeed a tool or a […]

No Picture
arin2610

The ‘Techlash’ Effect — Draft

Techlash: Criticism against tech companies (Zimmer, 2019) The “Techlash” Effect Major technology companies that control the world economy and our social lives face adverse reactions against them, their employees, and their products. This situation is […]

No Picture
Assignment 2

Yishan Zhao Group4/Assignment 2:The Case Study of Airbnb

Airbnb, a platform business With the evolving digital technologies and growing environmental awareness, platform businesses have been rising globally. Airbnb as a successful platform business operates in over 220 countries and regions (Iproperty management, 2021). […]

No Picture
Assignment 2

Techlash and Mistrust

It does not take a lot of thinking to make a reasonable guess what possibly could the word ‘techlash’ mean. Certainly, it is similar to a backlash, but in the tech world, and for the […]

Assignment 2

Structural Inequalities Within the Internet

The existence of unequal rights and opportunities amongst individuals creates a divide in status, which constructs the notion of structural inequalities (United Nations ESCWA, 2021). These disparities occurring in fields of education, healthcare, wealth and […]