"Trends towards greater transparency of platforms, in the form of extending cooperation around data, offer benefit to the interests of all stakeholders. This policy brief considers the normative, institutional and technical mechanisms that support access to datasets that are not accessible generally but have public interest value. The analysis below maps the general trends and issues, then proceeds to assess the separate cases of journalists’ safety and media viability, and concludes with recommendations." (Abstract)
1 Introduction, 2
2 Identifying challenges, 2
3 Unpacking transparency and data access, 4
4 The evolving landscape of platform transparency: Norms, laws and actors, 5
6 Journalists' safety and data sharing, 9
Case study: A big data analysis that produced unique insights, 11
7 Media viability and data sharing, 11
8 Trends ahead, 16
Recommebdations, 17