Please sign up via eventbrite as there are limited tickets left! Date: 1st March Time: 16:00 Place: Manchester Metropolitan University Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disc-public-talk-with-robert-gorwa-tickets-84... *Robert Gorwa <https://wzb.eu/en/persons/robert-gorwa-0> (WBZ Berlin Social Science Centre)* *The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation* As digital platforms have become more integral to not just how we live, but also to how we do politics, the rules governing online expression, behaviour, and interaction created by large multinational technology firms --- popularly termed ‘content moderation,’ ‘platform governance,’ or ‘trust and safety’ --- have increasingly become the target of government regulatory efforts seeking to shape them. In this talk, Robert Gorwa provides a summary of his first book, forthcoming with Oxford University Press, which provides a conceptual and empirical analysis of this important and emerging tech policy terrain of ‘platform regulation.’ How, why, and where exactly is it happening? Why now? And how do we best understand the vast array of strategies being deployed across jurisdictions to tackle this issue? Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disc-public-talk-with-robert-gorwa-tickets-84... -- Dr Sophie Bishop www.sophiehelenbishop.com | @sophiehbishop