Platform transience: changes in Facebook’s policies, procedures, and affordances in global electoral politics

This paper presents two case studies of Facebook’s rapid changes relating to international electoral politics: the “I’m a Voter” affordance and the platform’s data and targeting capabilities. The article shows how Facebook changed with respect to its policies, procedures, and affordances, especially...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bridget Barrett, Daniel Kreiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2019-12-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1446