Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms

Self-regulation

Author: Rolf H. Weber ‘Self-regulation’ refers to rules that are autonomously developed and implemented by the thereof concerned persons, groups, or enterprises (such as users or users’ groups, intermediaries, platform or technology providers, etc.), independently from any structured form of rulemaking (often called ‘soft law’). The legitimacy of self-regulation is based on the fact that… Continue reading Self-regulation

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Co-regulation

Rolf H. Weber Self-regulation, as developed by the concerned (market) participants, can be strengthened by involving governmental agencies in the rule-developing and rule-implementing processes. Depending on the degree of involvement, the respective forms of co-operative rulemaking are called (i) co-regulation, (ii) regulated self-regulation, (iii) directed self-regulation or (iv) audited self-regulation (Weber, 2014). The most common… Continue reading Co-regulation

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