Ramsha Jahangir

European Union flag displayed on a screen and AliExpress, Temu and Shein icons displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP)

(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP)

EU Turns to Online Marketplaces After Record AliExpress Fine

Andrew Wirzburger

Thumbs-down hand with a one-star rating painted on the forearm, set against a teal background — representing a negative review or low rating.

What Review Bombing Tells Us About the Future of Dissent in Everyday Life

Marco Perolini

Daniel Joloy

An electoral official sits at a polling station before polls opened for the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Countering Authoritarian Disinformation Requires More than Platform Governance

The Temu app is being displayed on a mobile phone with Temu seen in the background, in this photo illustration.Taken in Brussels, Belgium. AP Images

EU Tests Limits of Platform ‘Risk Assessments’ with €200 Million Temu Fine

Leah Ferentinos

Glenn Borsky

Sean Guillory

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier who is charged with using his access to classified information about the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January to win money on Polymarket, walks near a federal court building in New York on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Why Prediction Markets Need Trust and Safety Professionals

Liz Carolan

Ireland Moves Deeper into DSA Oversight with New Meta Dark Patterns Probe

Joshua Levine

Collage-style illustration on a red background showing a pair of hands in a dark suit holding a smartphone displaying a black-and-white hypnotic spiral. The phone is outlined in yellow, and the surrounding red space is filled with disembodied black-and-white eyes outlined in blue, suggesting themes of surveillance, manipulation, or mobile security threats.

Introducing the Mobile Trilemma

Taylor Moore

A user looks at a screen containing the logos of the apps TikTok, Discord, and Snap. 

A New Policy Framework for Governing Collective Sentiment in Online Communities

Jonathan Stray

March 30, 2026—Despite multiple vandalism attempts, artwork including a giant bust of Elon Musk, a DOGE painting on giant plywood along with a painting of Musk himself sits along the route to Starbase, the controversial new city around the billionaire's SpaceX Starbase South Texas Launch Site. (Photo by Laura Brett/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

What Are the Politics of a Platform? What the Data Says About Content Moderation on X

Katharina Zuegel

Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat

An illustration of the WhatsApp logo on a phone

Disinformation on Private Messaging Platforms Requires New Regulatory Approach

Kostakis Bouzoukas

This image shows a portrait of a simulated middle-aged white woman against a black background. The scene is refracted in different ways by a fragmented glass grid. This grid is a visual metaphor for the way that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can be used to simulate and reflect the human experience in unexpected ways. A distorted neural network diagram is overlaid, familiarising the viewer with the formal architecture of AI systems.

If an Agent Extension Can Act as You, Marketplaces Need Minimum Duties

Daniela Alvarado Rincón

Simone Ruf

Jürgen Bering

X logo is displayed on a smart phone, X app formerly known as Twitter with X seen in the background, in this photo illustration. On 05 January 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Source: Shutterstock

X logo is displayed on a smart phone, X app formerly known as Twitter with X seen in the background, in this photo illustration. On 05 January 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. 

How Researchers Won a Legal Fight to Access X's Data Under the DSA

Peter Chapman

Matt Steinberg

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

What US Lawsuits Reveal About Platform Design That DSA Reports Don’t

David Sathuluri

Activists with posters attend a rally during a "One Billion Rising" event, a global campaign calling for an end to violence against women and girls, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)