Sociotechnical imaginaries of algorithmic governance in EU policy on online disinformation and FinTech

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Same, same, but different! Qualitative evidence on how algorithmic selection applications govern different life domains

Noemi Festic

Summary: This article examines the significance of algorithmic governance in different life domains and reveals important nuances in user engagement with algorithmic-selection applications across domains and functional types.

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE (2022)

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Algorithmic governance: A modes of governance approach

Daria Gritsenko et al.

Summary: This article explores the reconfiguration of governance modes through the use of algorithms in the governance process. It argues that the deployment of algorithmic systems leads to a design-based governance mode, where power is exercised through protocols and requires less commitment from governing actors. The analysis of three policy problems demonstrates that algorithms enhance efficiency but limit the discretion of governing actors. Additionally, the effects of algorithms in different governance modes are compared, and the sources of convergence and divergence are explored. The article suggests re-conceptualizing design-based governance modes that rely on algorithmic systems as algorithmic governance to account for the prevalence of algorithms and their significant effects.

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE (2022)

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The algorithmic regulation of security: An infrastructural perspective

Rocco Bellanova et al.

Summary: This article contributes to the debates on algorithmic regulation in the context of security. It examines the implementation of algorithmic regulation through analyzing the transatlantic data infrastructures of the EU-U.S. Passenger Name Records and Terrorism Financing Tracking Program programs. The article explores how specific data are rendered transferable and meaningful in a security context and examines the integration of public values into international data infrastructures. Additionally, it highlights the emergence of new modes of standard setting and questions the practical effects of operationalizing public values through infrastructural choices.

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE (2022)

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The promise of financial services regulatory theory to address disinformation in content recommender systems

Owen Bennett

Summary: This article argues that the European regulatory approach to online disinformation is hindered by inappropriate regulatory theories, and proposes an alternative theoretical approach inspired by the contemporary European paradigm of financial services regulation. By assessing the extent to which these alternative regulatory theories are reflected in the draft EU Digital Services Act, the article aims to promote policy solutions that are more rights-protective and responsive to the role of content recommendation systems in exacerbating the issue of online disinformation.

INTERNET POLICY REVIEW (2021)

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The Platform Political Economy of FinTech: Reintermediation, Consolidation and Capitalisation

Paul Langley et al.

Summary: This paper views FinTech as a platform political economy characterized by reintermediation, consolidation, and capitalization. Organizations are engaging in platform reintermediation processes, leading to strong tendencies towards platform consolidation and intensive processes of capitalization from venture capital, private equity funds, banks, and BigTech firms.

NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY (2021)

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