Constitutionalising social media

Cover -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- PART 1: SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MODERN PUBLIC SQUARE -- 2. Social Media and Protest: Contextualising the Affordances of Networked Publics -- 3. The Rise of Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa: A Tool of Resistance or Repression? -- 4. Legal Framings in Networked Public Spheres: The Case of Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean -- 5. Social Media and the News Industry -- PART 2: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND PLATFORMS' GOVERNANCE -- 6. Structural Power as a Critical Element of Social Media Platforms' Private Sovereignty -- 7. No Place for Women: Gaps and Challenges in Promoting Equality on Social Media -- 8. Social Media, Electoral Campaigns and Regulation of Hybrid Political Communication: Rethinking Communication Rights -- 9. Data Protection Law: Constituting an Effective Framework for Social Media? -- PART 3: STATES AND SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION -- 10. Regulatory Shift in State Intervention: From Intermediary Liability to Responsibility -- 11. Government-Platform Synergy and its Perils -- 12. Social Media and State Surveillance in China: The Interplay between Authorities, Businesses and Citizens -- 13. The Perks of Co-Regulation: An Institutional Arrangement for Social Media Regulation? -- PART 4: CONSTITUTIONALISING SOCIAL MEDIA -- 14. Changing the Normative Order of Social Media from Within: Supervisory Bodies -- 15. Content Moderation by Social Media Platforms: The Importance of Judicial Review -- 16. Digital Constitutionalism: In Search of a Content Governance Standard -- Index -- Copyright Page.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- PART 1. SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MODERN PUBLIC SQUARE -- 2. Social Media and Protest: Contextualising the Affordances of Networked Publics -- I. Introduction -- II. Networked Protest Publics -- III. Country Contexts -- IV. Key Opportunities and Limitations -- V. Augmented Protest, Digital Citizenship and Constitutional Rights -- VI. Conclusion -- 3. The Rise of Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa: A Tool of Resistance or Repression? -- I. Introduction -- II. Social Media as MENA's New Public Sphere -- III. MENA's Legal Landscape: Constitutional and Statutory Protections -- IV. Leaders Strike Back against Pro-Democracy Resistance -- V. The Tenuous Relationship between Platforms and Governments -- VI. Conclusion -- 4. Legal Framings in Networked Public Spheres: The Case of Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean -- I. Introduction -- II. Social Media Platforms as Sites of Legal Framings -- III. Social Media on SAR: Criminalisation, Securitisation and Externalisation -- IV. Towards a Solidarity-Based Humanitarianism? -- V. Conclusion -- 5. Social Media and the News Industry -- I. Introduction -- II. Major Changes Associated with the Rise of Social Media -- III. The Implications of the Rise of Social Media and Decline of News Media -- IV. Conclusion -- PART 2. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND PLATFORMS' GOVERNANCE -- 6. Structural Power as a Critical Element of Social Media Platforms' Private Sovereignty -- I. Introduction -- II. The Regulatory Function of Technology: Unequally Appreciated by Different Actors -- III. Private Ordering to Structure Digital Platforms' Sovereignty -- IV. Conclusion -- 7. No Place for Women: Gaps and Challenges in Promoting Equality on Social Media -- I. Introduction -- II. Contrasting Online Misogyny.

"This book explores to what extent constitutional principles are put under strain in the social media environment, and how constitutional safeguards can be established for the actors and processes that govern this world: in other words, how to constitutionalise social media. Millions of individuals around the world use social media to exercise a broad range of fundamental rights. However, the governance of online platforms may pose significant threats to our constitutional guarantees. The chapters in this book bring together a multi-disciplinary group of experts from law, political science, and communication studies to examine the challenges of constitutionalising what today can be considered the modern public square. The book analyses the ways in which online platforms exercise a sovereign authority within their digital realms, and sheds light on the ambiguous relationship between social media platforms and state regulators. The chapters critically examine multiple methods of constitutionalising social media, arguing that the constitutional response to the global challenges generated by social media is necessarily plural and multilevel. All topics are presented in an accessible way, appealing to scholars and students in the fields of law, political science and communication studies. The book is an essential guide to understanding how to preserve constitutional safeguards in the social media environment."--

1. Introduction Edoardo Celeste, Amélie Heldt and Clara Iglesias Keller -- Part 1 - Social Media as a Modern Public Square -- 2. Social Media and Protest: Contextualising the Affordances of Networked Publics. Tetyana Lokot -- 3. The Rise of Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa: A Tool of Resistance or Repression? Amy K Sanders -- 4. Legal Framings in Networked Public Spheres : the Case of Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean. Veronica Corcodel -- 5. Social Media and the News Industry. Alessio Cornia -- Part 2 - Fundamental Rights and Platforms' Governance -- 6. Structural Power as a Critical Element of Social Media Platforms' Private Sovereignty. Luca Belli -- 7. No Place for Women: Gaps and Challenges in Promoting Equality on Social Media. Mariana Valente -- 8. Social Media ,Electoral Campaigns and Regulation of Hybrid Political Communication: Rethinking Communication Rights. Eugenia Siapera and Niamh Kirk -- 9. Data Protection Law - Constituting an Effective Framework for Social Media? Moritz Hennemann -- Part 3 - States and Social Media Regulation -- 10. Regulatory Shift in State Intervention: From Intermediary Liability to Responsibility. Giancarlo Frosio -- 11. Government-Platform Synergy and its Perils. Niva Elkin-Koren -- 12. Social Media and State Surveillance in China: The Interplay between Authorities, Businesses and Citizens. Yuner Zhu -- 13. The Perks of Co-regulation: An Institutional Arrangement for Social Media Regulation? Clara Iglesias Keller -- Part 4 - Constitutionalising Social Media -- 14. Changing the Normative Order of Social Media from Within: Supervisory Bodies. Wolfgang Schulz -- 15. Content Moderation by Social Media Platforms: The Importance of Judicial Review. Amélie P. Heldt -- 16. Digital Constitutionalism: In Search of a Content Governance Standard. Edoardo Celeste, Nicola Palladino, Dennis Redeker and Kinfe Michael Yilma