Dear colleagues, The latest issue of the *Internet Policy Review, *edited by Romain Badouard and Anne Bellon, explores the participation of civil society in online content regulation. How can moderation on social networks truly be fair, effective, and inclusive? What role can civil society play in democratizing platform governance? Twelve papers examine these questions through various field studies: ordinary citizen participation in forum moderation, content flagging by organizations (trusted flaggers), fact-checking, advertiser lobbying on platform policies, influencer mobilizations, data activism, ethical design, and alternative platforms. This issue is available in open access. You can find the table of contents below. Best wishes, Blake *Content moderation on digital platforms: Beyond states and firms <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-content-moderation-digital-platforms>* <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-content-moderation-digital-platforms#editorial> *Internet Policy Review, vol. 14, issue 1, 2025* *Introduction to the special issue on content moderation on digital platforms <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-content-moderation-digital-platforms#editorial>* Romain Badouard <https://policyreview.info/users/romain-badouard>, *Paris-Panthéon-Assas University*, *France* Anne Bellon <https://policyreview.info/users/anne-bellon>, *University of Technology of Compiègne*, *France* *Regulatory intermediaries in content moderation * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/regulatory-intermediaries-content-moderation> Beatriz Kira <https://policyreview.info/users/beatriz-kira>, *University of Sussex* *Article 22 Digital Services Act: Building trust with trusted flaggers * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/article-22-digital-services-act> Jacob van de Kerkhof <https://policyreview.info/users/jacobvandekerkhof>, *Utrecht University* *The role of civil society organisations in co-regulating online hate speech in the EU: A bounded empowerment * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/co-regulating-online-hate-speech> Barthélémy Michalon <https://policyreview.info/users/barthelemymichalon>, *Sciences Po, Tecnologico de Monterrey* *Framing the role of experts in platform governance: Negotiating the code of practice on disinformation as a case study * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/framing-role-experts> Kateryna Chystoforova <https://policyreview.info/users/katerynachystoforova> , *European University Institute* Urbano Reviglio <https://policyreview.info/users/urbano-reviglio>, *European University Institute* *Aspirational platform governance: How creators legitimise content moderation through accusations of bias * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/aspirational-platform-governance> Blake Hallinan <https://policyreview.info/users/blake-hallinan>, *Hebrew University of Jerusalem* CJ Reynolds <https://policyreview.info/users/cj-reynolds>, *Hebrew University of Jerusalem* Yehonatan Kuperberg <https://policyreview.info/users/yehonatankuperberg>, *Hebrew University of Jerusalem* Omer Rothenstein <https://policyreview.info/users/omer-rothenstein>, *Hebrew University of Jerusalem* *Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/stop-hate-profit-evaluating-mobilisation-advertisers-and-advertising-industry> Steph Hill <https://policyreview.info/users/steph-hill>, *University of Leicester* *Civil society’s role in constitutionalising global content governance * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/constitutionalising-global-content-governance> Nicola Palladino <https://policyreview.info/users/nicolapalladino>, *University of Salerno* Dennis Redeker <https://policyreview.info/users/dennisredeker>, *University of Bremen * Edoardo Celeste <https://policyreview.info/users/edoardoceleste>, *Dublin City University* *Online advertising, content moderation, and corporate accountability: a civil society perspective * <https://policyreview.info/articles/news/online-advertising-content-moderation> Alex Rochefort <https://policyreview.info/users/alex-rochefort>, *Boston University* *The case for prosocial tech design governance * <https://policyreview.info/articles/news/prosocial-tech-design-governance> Lisa Schirch <https://policyreview.info/users/lisa-schirch>, *University of Notre Dame* *The realm of digital content regulation as a social space: Sociogenesis of moderation norms and policies on Twitch platform * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/digital-content-regulation-social-space> Nathan Ferret <https://policyreview.info/users/nathanferret>, *ENS de Lyon* *Labour pains: Content moderation challenges in Mastodon growth * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/content-moderation-challenges> Charlotte Spencer-Smith <https://policyreview.info/users/charlottespencersmith>, *University of Salzburg* Tales Tomaz <https://policyreview.info/users/talestomaz>, *University of Salzburg* *Safer spaces by design? Federated socio-technical architectures in content moderation * <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/safer-spaces-design> Francesca Musiani <https://policyreview.info/users/francesca-musiani>, *National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)* Ksenia Ermoshina <https://policyreview.info/users/kseniaermoshina>, *National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)* -- Dr. Blake Hallinan (they/them) Senior Lecturer Hebrew University https://www.blakehallinan.com Recent Publications: Aspirational platform governance: How creators legitimise content moderation through accusations of bias <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/aspirational-platform-governance> (2025) The expression of values on social media: An analytical framework <https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241307035> (2025) Parasocial media: The mass production of intimacy on a Chinese pop idol mobile application <https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624241299954> (2024)