Australia insists that large platforms pay media outlets for using their content
The government has proposed the News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) up for consultation, a scheme to charge a 2.25% levy on the revenue generated in Australia...
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From search engine to answer engine
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence is redefining how people access knowledge online and deepening the concentration of information that began with traditional search engines...
Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico require ride-hailing apps to make their algorithms transparent
Three Latin American countries now require ride-hailing apps to explain how their algorithms work. These regulations advance transparency, establish clear obligations, and ensure state oversight,...
Should digital platforms pay media outlets and journalists? Two studies by OBSERVACOM contribute to the debate
OBSERVACOM published two new reports conducted with the support of the Forum on Information and Democracy: a global mapping of comparative legislation and regulatory and...
What should be the foundations and principles of Big Tech regulation to guarantee freedom of expression on the Internet? The Uruguayan Senate receives a proposal
OBSERVACOM and Datysoc presented a document to the Uruguayan Senate that systematizes the main consensus reached after a broad multi-stakeholder consultation process to advance toward...
OBSERVACOM presents proposals to address electoral disinformation at international conference
At the conference “Digital Democracy 2025: Innovation, Inclusion, and Transparency in Future Elections,” organized by UNDP Ecuador together with the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE), the...
Bolivian elections: More misinformation and no moderation
In the first round of the 2025 general elections in Bolivia, disinformation circulated widely on social media and digital platforms, but the response from digital...
Musk defies justice again: Fined in Canada for failing to remove non-consensual intimate image
For the second time in a year, social media giant X has ignored court orders in a democratic country. Following a conflict with the Brazilian...
Historic ruling in Colombia on platform content moderation: Private companies have obligations as a public forum
The Constitutional Court ruled that the deletion of influencer Esperanza Gómez’s account was arbitrary, illegitimate, and discriminatory and ordered clear rules, transparency, and due process...
Child Protection on the Internet: Brazil leads the region with a law based on international standards
By María Capurro Robles, OBSERVACOM project coordinator. A new law passed by Congress establishes moderation, reporting, transparency, and accountability obligations on content platforms to ensure...
Agreement for the integrity of electoral information brings together SERVEL, UNDP, media, platforms, and civil society in Chile
The public commitment seeks to safeguard the quality of public debate and ensure the 2025 presidential and parliamentary elections are free from disinformation, hate speech,...
What happens when your posts are still online, but no one sees them? Join our webinar featuring a study on shadow banning
What happens when content isn’t removed, but no one sees it? New research from OBSERVACOM, the I&D Forum, and Digital Action, analyzes the impact of...