Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms

This article compares the goals and outcomes of industry- and activist-led efforts that leverage advertisers to influence platform content moderation, and considers how these efforts fare as governments intervene more strongly in platform governance. It draws on contemporary documents and interviews...

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Main Author: Steph Hill
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Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2025-03-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1825
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Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
Internet Policy Review
Platform governance
Content moderation
Advertisers
Activism
title Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
title_full Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
title_fullStr Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
title_full_unstemmed Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
title_short Stop hate for profit: Evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
title_sort stop hate for profit evaluating the mobilisation of advertisers and the advertising industry to regulate content moderation on digital platforms
topic Platform governance
Content moderation
Advertisers
Activism
url https://policyreview.info/node/1825
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