Regulating social media platforms

It should balance empowering users, holding platforms accountable and promoting transparency.

Social media sites have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. Although they are omnipresent, unavoidable and beneficial, we do not know how to tame them, ensuring their proper use and protection from malefactors. Regulating these platforms is complicated, primarily because of the internet’s global reach and people’s right to opinion and expression. Some of the international, regional and national efforts to regulate them have been effective, given their adherence to market and profit protection rules.