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This handbook provides an international survey of social media and the law in society, blending academic, non-academic, and non-governmental expertise to provide a thematic overview of social media and the law across a number of jurisdictions. It is an essential resource for advanced students, researchers, academics and industry experts.
List of contents
Introduction: Social Media, Law and Society
Part I: Reflections on Law, Society and Social Media 1. Social Media, Human Rights and Society
2. Regulating Online Harms Down Under: A Contemporary Assessment of Law and Society Perspectives Relating to Social Media Platforms
3. Masculine Technologies and Social Media: The Urgent Need to Identify, Map and Combat New Manifestations of Gender-Based Violence
Part II: Social Media, Gender and Democracy 4. Intersectionality and the Problems of using Artificial Intelligence to Address Online Gender-Based Violence and Gendered Disinformation
5. Gender, Disinformation and Social Media - Protecting Women's Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
6. Social Media, Misinformation, and Regulation in Southeast Asia: Impacts on Freedoms of Expression and Right to Information
7. State Actors, Disinformation, and Social Media: A New and Dangerous Chapter of Lying in Politics
Part III: Social Media, Youth and Harms 8. Centring Young People's Accounts of Digitally Networked Environments: A Canadian Perspective
9. Online Child Sexual Abuse and the Role of Social Media Platforms in Protecting Children's Rights: A European Perspective
10. Crime and Social Media in Croatia: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Part IV: Regulating Social Media 11. The Softer Side of Censorship: Geo-blocking Content on Social Media Platforms
12. Regulation of Social Media in Singapore
13. Protecting media content on social media platforms in the EU
Part V: Social Media and Rights 14. Social Media and Digital Constitutionalism
15. Platforms in the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet: The need for progressive risk-based liability
16. Tackling Cyber-Violence, Empowering Users: Assessing the Impact of the Digital Services Act on Social Media Due Diligence
Part VI: Social Media, Harms and Safety 17. Complex Online Harms and Assuring User Agency: Content Moderation and Agency by Design
18. Online Violence Against Women in Politics and Democratic Harms
19. What is the Purpose of Social Media Regulation, and is the Online Safety Act likely to Meet it?
Part VII: Technical Capability and Social Media 20. Rediscovering Interoperability: A Vital Tool to Unlock the Future of Social Media
21. Accountability and Regulation of Digital Speech Infrastructures in the EU and Beyond
22. "It Is a Dangerous Time for Democracies": On Why We Need to take Social Media and Generative AI Seriously
About the author
Kim Barker is Professor of Law at the University of Lincoln (UK) and a Council of Europe expert. Her expertise is responses to technology facilitated violence against women, including online violence, online harms, and online safety across a multitude of online spaces including social media, online games and eSports.
Olga Jurasz is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Protecting Women Online at the Open University. Her research expertise is in legal responses to violence against women (including online violence), online harms and feminist approaches to governance of online spaces.
