Table of Contents

Introduction: The Perils of Platform Misgovernance; 1. The Nature and Problems of Platforms; 2. The Enterprise of Platform Governance Development; 3. The Problem of Platform Knowledge; 4. The Problem of Platform Self-Control; 5. Actually Existing Platform Self-Constraint Up to a Point: The Meta Oversight Board; 6. Platform Democracy Now!; Conclusion: How Liberal-Democratic Governments Can Act Now.

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This book offers a social-science-informed program to democratize the major internet companies that are unable to govern their users.

About the Author

Paul Gowder is a law professor and political scientist who has written extensively on the problem of holding lawful systems of governance accountable to their constituents. He is the author of The Rule of Law in the Real World (2016). He has also served as a consultant in Facebook's Civic Integrity and Public Policy Research teams, where he participated in the design of the Oversight Board and is a Fellow and board member of the Integrity Institute.