Optimising Industry-led Regulation for the Digital Platforms Era

该项目旨在研究如何通过共同监管有效防止数字平台造成的危害，在共同监管下，行业制定由监管机构执行的规则。广泛应用于更广泛的通信部门，“共同监管”仍然长期缺乏理论，其有效性从未得到充分审查。与此同时，虚假信息、暴力内容等危害的规模和影响都在扩大。本研究将为优化当代澳大利亚通信环境中的共同监管提供证据基础，有利于寻求实现公共政策目标的监管机构；遭受网络伤害的消费者；以及平台本身，否则他们可能会受到生硬的监管工具的约束。

This project aims to investigate how harms caused by digital platforms can be effectively prevented through co-regulation where industry develops rules enforced by a regulator. Widely used in the broader communications sector, ‘co-regulation’ remains chronically under-theorised and its effectiveness has never been adequately reviewed. Meanwhile, harms such as disinformation and violent content expand in both scale and impact. This research will provide an evidential base for optimising co-regulation in the contemporary Australian communications environment, benefiting regulators seeking to meet public policy goals; consumers experiencing online harms; and platforms themselves, who might otherwise be subject to blunt regulatory tools.