There is an increasing awareness of the harm unchecked social media causes, resulting in risks to children, polarisation and more. Join us for the online launch of CoCoDa (Concentration of Control and Data), where we’ll discuss the solutions to mitigate these risks caused by the high level of control and volume of data held by dominant online platforms.
In a series of lightning talks and Q&A panel discussion, we will introduce snapshots of solutions developed by numerous experts in the field, including ways of tracking platform data access requests and auditing methods to protect children online. We will also introduce our plans over the next 4 years as part of CoCoDa - our new international research collaboration.
CoCoDa brings together technical and legal experts across the University of St. Gallen, the University of Lausanne, Maastricht University and the Open Data Institute. The project aims to contribute to a robust toolkit of practical, technical approaches to ensuring platform accountability, with sufficient legal grounding. Among other areas, we will particularly focus on understanding recommender systems, and the technolegal landscape needed to achieve this.