Bridging the Atlantic

Online Platform Regulation, Content Moderation, & Free Speech

Episode Summary

Disagreement over free speech online has been a thorn in the side of a common transatlantic approach to dealing with internet platform giants wielding huge influence over our online communication. Over time, the divide narrowed, but more importantly, policy approaches became more sophisticated. Guests explain how in the case of platform regulation, the United States and the European Union have converged despite different perspectives.

Episode Notes

Guests include:

Jana Gooth, Policy Advisor to European Parliament Member Alexandra Geese

Jeff Jarvis, Professor of Journalism at the City University of New York)

Julian Jaursch, Project Director at the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung)
 

Hosted and produced by Nathan Crist. Edited and produced by Stefano Montali. 

Created by the Bertelsmann Foundation and Are We Europe