"This book has compiled the tech policy debate into a toolkit for policy makers, legal experts, and academics seeking to address platform dominance and its impact on society today. It discusses the global consensus around technology regulation with recommendations of cutting-edge policy innovations
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from around the world. It also explores the proposed policy toolkit through comprehensive coverage of existing and future policy on data, antitrust, competition, freedom of expression, jurisdiction, fake news, elections, liability, and accountability. The book identifies potential policy impacts on global communication, user rights, public welfare, and economic activity. It outlines a policy framework that address the interlocking challenges of contemporary tech regulation and offer actionable solutions for the technological future." (Publisher description)
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"This article maintains that current international law fails to recognize the specific risks associated with the journalistic profession, and that the fragmented, non-binding and unenforceable initiatives on journalists' rights adopted to date have proven ineffective. It argues that a dedicated inte
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rnational instrument targeting violence against journalists, accompanied by a compliance-monitoring mechanism, would significantly improve the protection of journalists and recognize the impact of impunity for attacks against them on audiences' rights and society at large. The article supports this position by highlighting the weaknesses in UN and regional human rights instruments and interpretive jurisprudence, as well as loopholes in humanitarian law. It concludes with suggestions for a new instrument, demonstrating why it would ensure better safeguards for journalists and societal interests in the media." (Abstract)
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