Navigating Governance and Digital Content Regulation

This chapter examines the challenges posed by imposed governance and the complexities of human behavior in the face of top-down regulations, particularly focusing on 'everyday resistance' to state metrics. It discusses the implications of the Digital Services Act on content moderation across platforms, comparing the burdens faced by large and small services and the potential authoritarian misuse of tracking technologies. The chapter also highlights the shift towards decentralized platforms and the fragmentation of the internet, raising concerns over the loss of a unified digital space and the consequences for content regulation and user autonomy.