Constitutionalising Social Media

Edited by Edoardo Celeste, Amélie Heldt and Clara Iglesias Keller

Dublin City University, Berlin School of Economics and Law & Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

This book explores to what extent constitutional principles are put under strain in the social media environment and brings together a multi-disciplinary group of experts from law, political science, and communication studies to examine the challenges of constitutionalising what today can be considered the modern public square.

The book analyses the ways in which online platforms exercise a sovereign authority within their digital realms, and sheds light on the ambiguous relationship between social media platforms and state regulators. It is an essential guide to understanding how to preserve constitutional safeguards in the social media environment.

Edoardo Celeste is Assistant Professor in Law, Technology and Innovation at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University, Ireland.

Amélie Heldt is Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research (Hans-Bredow-Institut), Germany, and Lecturer in Fundamental and Human Rights at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.

Clara Iglesias Keller is Researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany, and Associate Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Berlin), Germany.

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