Governance of digital media and platforms: Regulation and the public interest

The conference brings together experienced professors and early-career academics, being open to professionals and citizens concerned with the benefits and challenges of digital platforms in Europe and elsewhere. In addition to the analytical dimensions, this conference provides time and space for reflection on normative issues regarding the future of digital services governance.

Companies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple and Microsoft are currently setting universal standards for online services but their practices not always comply with European values (e.g. openness, inclusivity, pluralism, transparency, privacy, cooperation, protection of data) and they largely ignore democratic struggles and public interest at large. Despite their critical impact on human wellbeing and on political regimes, little has successfully been done to counter-balance their massive power. Informative disorders are deepening, despite tentative regulatory efforts at national and international level.

The EuromediApp Braga Conference aims to address these and other fundamental questions in dialogue with previous and future Project’s activities and outputs (see Events and Publications on this website)