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Back up: can users sue platforms to reinstate deleted content?

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Can platforms delete whatever content they want? Not everywhere, say the authors of this paper, which shows why certain social networks ‘must carry’ some content – and how users in some jurisdictions can force the companies to allow them into their communicative space.

Source: Internet Policy Review

DOI: 10.14763/2020.2.1484

Authors: Matthias C. Kettemann, Anna Sophia Tiedeke

Institution: Hans-Bredow-Institute

Language: English

Topic: Freedom of Expression and Defamation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Facebook, Google, City and County of San Francisco, Council for Research in the Social Sciences, Columbia University