Regulating Big Tech

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and curtail the dominance of a few, yet regulatory responses remain fragmented, with some focused solely on competition while others seek to address issues around harm, privacy, and freedom of expression. Regulating Big Tech condenses the vibrant tech policy debate into a toolkit for the policy maker, legal expert, and academic seeking to address one of the key issues facing democracies today: platform dominance and its impact on society. Contributors explore elements of the toolkit through comprehensive coverage of existing and future policy on data, antitrust, competition, freedom of expression, jurisdiction, fake news, elections, liability, and accountability, while also identifying potential policy impacts on global communication, user rights, public welfare, and economic activity. With original chapters from leading academics and policy experts, Regulating Big Tech sets out a policy framework that can address interlocking challenges of contemporary tech regulation and offer actionable solutions for our technological future.

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and curtail the dominance of a few, yet regulatory responses remain fragmented, with some focused solely on competition while others seek to address issues around harm, privacy, and freedom of expression. Regulating Big Tech condenses the vibrant tech policy debate into a toolkit for the policy maker, legal expert, and academic seeking to address one of the key issues facing democracies today: platform dominance and its impact on society. Contributors explore elements of the toolkit through comprehensive coverage of existing and future policy on data, antitrust, competition, freedom of expression, jurisdiction, fake news, elections, liability, and accountability, while also identifying potential policy impacts on global communication, user rights, public welfare, and economic activity. With original chapters from leading academics and policy experts, Regulating Big Tech sets out a policy framework that can address interlocking challenges of contemporary tech regulation and offer actionable solutions for our technological future.

Dear "We the People," Daily global news supports the relevant importance of well-considered solutions to regulating Big Tech in response to the clash of constitutional restraint, agency regulation, and corporate actions. Technology's innovative networks have invaded business and economic structures. The simple has morphed into the complex while no effective method of meaningful enforcement is found within current law. Legal immunity grants expansive freedom from accountability and corporate responsibility; the ramifications are far reaching, and widespread; indeed, worldwide. Cultural norms of national regimes shape their approach to violations of anticompetitive activity. The United States solely has criminal restraining regulatory enforcement. Why is that? How effective is the civil restraining enforcement? The media publicizes financial fines intended to restrain and yet are corporately considered merely the cost of doing business. The public's accommodation becomes inevitable as the legal system loopholes surpass any legal restraint while hoodwinking deception slow walks the penalizing remedy. The objective herein is to effectively distill humanity's psyche through the lens of history, sociology, law, and economics giving the reader a rich and comprehensive understanding of foundational status quo and a context for implementing retaliatory strategy. At stake is the consequential welfare of consumers who find themselves in uncharted territory, without effective advocacy. The resultant challenging competition marketplace is a difficult environment for consumers and competitors alike. My singular goal is to provide perspective of how things should function, do function, and can function for the betterment of the citizens of this interconnected world. We are not just residents; indeed, citizenry is a participatory designation. Accountability safeguards against destruction, and it is inclusive... "We the People" are the government, not the governed; therefore, we are accountable to one another. It is my great pleasure to share this dialogue with you as we enjoy this reading journey together. May my inspiration become your aspiration to enjoin your friends in citizenry participation. David R. Gilchrist, PhD, LLM, SJD

Dear "We the People," Daily global news supports the relevant importance of well-considered solutions to regulating Big Tech in response to the clash of constitutional restraint, agency regulation, and corporate actions. Technology's innovative networks have invaded business and economic structures. The simple has morphed into the complex while no effective method of meaningful enforcement is found within current law. Legal immunity grants expansive freedom from accountability and corporate responsibility; the ramifications are far reaching, and widespread; indeed, worldwide. Cultural norms of national regimes shape their approach to violations of anticompetitive activity. The United States solely has criminal restraining regulatory enforcement. Why is that? How effective is the civil restraining enforcement? The media publicizes financial fines intended to restrain and yet are corporately considered merely the cost of doing business. The public's accommodation becomes inevitable as the legal system loopholes surpass any legal restraint while hoodwinking deception slow walks the penalizing remedy. The objective herein is to effectively distill humanity's psyche through the lens of history, sociology, law, and economics giving the reader a rich and comprehensive understanding of foundational status quo and a context for implementing retaliatory strategy. At stake is the consequential welfare of consumers who find themselves in uncharted territory, without effective advocacy. The resultant challenging competition marketplace is a difficult environment for consumers and competitors alike. My singular goal is to provide perspective of how things should function, do function, and can function for the betterment of the citizens of this interconnected world. We are not just residents; indeed, citizenry is a participatory designation. Accountability safeguards against destruction, and it is inclusive... "We the People" are the government, not the governed; therefore, we are accountable to one another. It is my great pleasure to share this dialogue with you as we enjoy this reading journey together. May my inspiration become your aspiration to enjoin your friends in citizenry participation. David R. Gilchrist, PhD, LLM, SJD