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"The inability of platform companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon to govern their users has led to counterfeit N95s in a pandemic, corrupted elections, and even a genocide. The Networked Leviathan offers policymakers and companies a democratic program to help them prevent such disasters in the future"--
List of contents
Introduction: The Perils of Platform Misgovernance; 1. The Nature and Problems of Platforms; 2. The Enterprise of Platform Governance Development; 3. The Problem of Platform Knowledge; 4. The Problem of Platform Self-Control; 5. Actually Existing Platform Self-Constraint Up to a Point: The Meta Oversight Board; 6. Platform Democracy Now!; Conclusion: How Liberal-Democratic Governments Can Act Now.
About the author
Paul Gowder is a law professor and political scientist who has written extensively on the problem of holding lawful systems of governance accountable to their constituents. He is the author of The Rule of Law in the Real World (2016). He has also served as a consultant in Facebook's Civic Integrity and Public Policy Research teams, where he participated in the design of the Oversight Board and is a Fellow and board member of the Integrity Institute.
Summary
The inability of platform companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon to govern their users has led to counterfeit N95s in a pandemic, corrupted elections, and even a genocide. The Networked Leviathan offers policymakers and companies a democratic program to help them prevent such disasters in the future.
