The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and the Global South

This anthology, published by Centre for Development Policy and Practice and supported by ARISE Community and Digital Empowerment Foundation, brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists from around the world to examine how digital platforms are transforming society. It explores how “platformization” is reshaping economies, politics, and everyday life, introducing new forms of regulation, control, and accountability. The collection addresses issues such as Big Tech regulation, content moderation, feminist critiques of algorithmic bias, and safety in digital spaces. It also looks at digital resistance and collective action in different regions, as well as platform-based labor and the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence.

Chapter 4, titled “Digital Resistance in the Age of Algorithmic Governance: Insights from the Latin American Experience,” was written from the perspective of Derechos Digitales, contributing a regional lens on resistance and platform governance.