Author: Salla-M Laaksonen

Did the era of neutral platforms end with the war in Ukraine? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned the world political situation chaotic in only a few weeks. War always involves information influencing, but for the first time – at least in the West – the war in Ukraine is also visible to a large extent in the information technology sector and in the activities of companies. Digital media platform giants have also taken action against Russia.

Salla-Maaria Laaksonen reflects the development in a blog post on Rajapinta (in Finnish):

• Loppuiko neutraalien alustojen aikakausi Ukrainan sotaan?

Is social media to blame for the heated public debate? There has been a lot of public debate about how platforms influence the public debate they convey and how platforms should be regulated. However, the responsibility for public debate cannot be left to technology alone, suggests Salla-Maaria Laaksonen in this blog post on Rajapinta (in Fnnish). 

Onko kärkäs keskustelu sosiaalisen median syy?

The event Media Platformisation and Small Nations was an event organized in October 2021 jointly by the EuromediApp network and two Finnish Academy-funded research projects, CORDI (“Communication Rights in the Age of Digital Disruption”) and MAPS (“Media platforms and social accountability: Dynamics, practices, and discourses”). The programme consisted of two days. The first day focused on academic research on the theme and the second day was dedicated to an international panel as well as a stakeholder roundtable on Finland.

You can listen to the series of podcasts produced as a part of the event HERE.