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Social media platforms and content exposure: How to restore users’ control

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  • Maria Luisa Stasi

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Social media platforms have become the main channel for people to communicate, access information and share content. A handful of giant platforms dominate the markets and, through a complex typology of conducts, are able to strongly affect users’ exposure to content, violating their privacy, as well as their freedom of expression and information. Regulators have at disposal a toolbox to fix the problem. This article analyses possible instruments and makes suggestions to contribute to the debate.

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  • Maria Luisa Stasi, 2019. "Social media platforms and content exposure: How to restore users’ control," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 20(1), pages 86-110, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:crnind:v:20:y:2019:i:1:p:86-110
    DOI: 10.1177/1783591719847545
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