Regulating Tech Platforms: A Blueprint for Reform
May 1, 2018
By Ganesh Sitaraman
The Great Democracy Initiative (GDI) was a project of the Roosevelt Institute from 2018–2020 that produced actionable policy blueprints for addressing the structural problems facing our nation.
Leaders across the country are grappling with the outsized power and influence of certain Silicon Valley giants. This report offers a road map for regulating tech platforms.
Policymakers and even technology industry executives have acknowledged the need to define new rules to govern technology platforms. The question now is not whether to regulate, but what form that regulation should take. Drawing on historical examples and emerging practices in other countries, Regulating Tech Platforms: A Blueprint for Reform outlines critical steps that policymakers must take to rein in unaccountable tech platforms.