Maria Buza

Tommaso Giardini

Image of map and computer language over binary codes on server racks in server room.

Global Digital Policy Roundup: April 2026

Global Digital Policy Roundup: March 2026

Cristiano Lima-Strong

Lori Schott, in pink, holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, beside others after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Landmark Verdicts Could Unleash New Legal Playbook Over Social Media Harms

Aaradhyaa Gyawali

Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, receives his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa Nepal, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Umesh Karki)

Nepal's Gen Z Used TikTok and Discord to Win a Historic Election

Paddy Leerssen

Elon Musk makes his way into the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ahead of a Twitter shareholder trial, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Elon Musk arrives for a Twitter shareholder trial at the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Shareholder Control and the New Politics of Platform Regulation

Global Digital Policy Roundup: February 2026

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

Cecilia Isola

Two workers running inside a scroll wheel embedded in a computer mouse, controlled by a giant capitalist hand.

How Have Platforms Addressed Addictive Design Under the DSA

Justin Hendrix

AI-generated images of protests that never happened posted to TikTok. Source: Maldita

AI-generated images of protests that never happened posted to TikTok. Source: 

How to Get Paid to Polarize on TikTok

Tim Bernard

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves after testifying in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health

Lam Le

The TikTok logo is displayed through a magnifying glass in this photo illustration in Ontario, Canada, on February 5, 2026. (Photo by Thomas Fuller/NurPhoto via AP)

How Vietnam and the US Differ in Using State Power to Regulate TikTok

Mark MacCarthy

Carl Schonander

Mandated TikTok Transparency is Needed to Protect US Users

Varsha Bansal

Parents of children who have died due to social media harms hold a vigil for their kids on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse, ahead of the landmark social media addiction trial set to begin next week. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for ParentsTogether Action)