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Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control (Spring 2019)

“Facebook Could Decide an Election Without Anyone Ever Finding Out” by Jonathan Zittrain, New Republic (2014).

Even if one doesn’t consider Facebook to be a nation-state level actor in its own right, there is little denying its power to shape the governance process (just see the Arab Spring or the 2016 US general election). What new responsibilities does this power impose on Facebook’s interactions with nation states?