OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Policy and Internet is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The client net state: Trajectories of state control over cyberspace	61
Digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and U.S.–China power competition	45
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Rage or rationality: Exposure to Internet censorship and the impact on individual information behaviors in China	28
National markets in a world of global platform giants: The persistence of Russian domestic competitors	28
Broadcasting anti‐media populism in the Philippines: YouTube influencers, networked political brokerage, and implications for governance	26
Location, Location, Reaction: How Mandatory IP Disclosure Silences Critics and Sparks Backlash	25
Issue Information	24
Experts React—The Politics of Technology in Trump's Second Term	23
Where are the ethical guidelines? Examining the governance of digital technologies and AI in Nigeria	19
Producing entrepreneurial citizens: Governmentality over and through Hong Kong influencers onXiaohongshu (Red)	17
Accepting but not engaging with it: Digital participation in local government‐run social credit systems in China	17
SAVE YOUR INTERNET! The persuasion work of YouTube in the controversy over EU's digital market directive	17
The Multiple Streams Framework: A Lens for Understanding Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector	16
Data justice in the “twin objective” of market and risk: How discrimination is formulated in EU's AI policy	16
The political origins of platform economy regulations. Understanding variations in governing Airbnb and Uber across cities in Switzerland	16
Regulating social media and influencers within Vietnam	15
Countering online terrorist content: A social regulation approach	15
Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces	15
Unthinking Digital Sovereignty: A Critical Reflection on Origins, Objectives, and Practices	15
Oegugin Influencers and pop nationalism through government campaigns: Regulating foreign‐nationals in the South Korean YouTube ecology	14
The success of e‐participation. Learning lessons from Decide Madrid and We asked, You said, We did in Scotland	14
Do fake online comments pose a threat to regulatory policymaking? Evidence from Internet regulation in the United States	14
Social media governance and strategies to combat online hatespeech in Germany	13
Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics	13

Withdrawn: Power Relationships in China's Internet Governance	13
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Content takedowns and activist organizing: Impact of social media content moderation on activists and organizing	13
The (complex) effect of internet voting on turnout: Theoretical and methodological considerations	12
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The pursuit of ‘good’ Internet policy	11
NetzDG on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis of Stakeholders in Public Discourse About Platform Regulation in Germany	10
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Pathways to Safeguarding Digital Sovereignty Within a Multi‐Level Governance Framework: A Cross‐National Comparative Study Based on the FsQCA Method	10
Shedding light on transparency: A comprehensive study of state‐level transparency portals in Mexico	10
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Australian Teen Voices on Age Verification and Age Assurance Measures	10
The unjust burden of digital inclusion for low‐income migrant parents	9
An exploratory study of social media's role in facilitating public participation in e‐rulemaking using computational text analysis tools	9
Geopolitics in Platform Governance: Algorithmic Sovereignty and Data Localization in China and the United States	9
Platform governance by competing systems of political economy: The United States and China	9
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Ghosts of YouTube: Rules and conventions in Japanese YouTube content creation outsourcing	8
Democracy in the digital era	8
A Teleological Interpretation of the Definition of DeepFakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act—A Purpose‐Based Approach to Potential Problems With the Word “Existing”	8
“Dual‐Track” platform governance on content: A comparative study between China and United States	8
Regulating Zhibo in China: Exploring multiple levels of self‐regulation and stakeholder dynamics	8
Digitally skilled or digitally competent? Evaluating the impact of e‐Facilitation on young volunteers in Italy	7
Blame and obligation: The importance of libertarianism and political orientation in the public assessment of disinformation in the United States	7
Does the level of e‐government affect value‐added tax collection? A study conducted among the European Union Member States	7
Nerd Harder: A Typology of Techno‐Legal Solutionist Logics in Child Online Safety Laws	7
Repackaging and Repurposing Digital Objects: A Conceptual Model to Understand the Malleability of Politics in Digital Environments	7
Issue Information	7
Policy is theft: The state of global Internet policy in an age of revolutions	7
Can Facebook's community standards keep up with legal certainty? Content moderation governance under the pressure of the Digital Services Act	7
Integrating Civic and Artificial Intelligence in Policymaking: Experimental Insights on Public Perceptions of Policy Proposals	7
The responsibility to protect online: Lessons from R2P and the politics of Western‐Centricity in online harms regulation	7
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From Swipes to Votes: The Role of the Voting Advice Application Voteswiper in Polarizing Voter Choices for the 2025 General Election in Germany	6
Law Enforcement and the Public: Designing Effective Public Safety Crowdsourcing Initiatives	6
The cloud sovereignty nexus: How the European Union seeks to reverse strategic dependencies in its digital ecosystem	6
Understanding Chinese Internet users' information sensitivity in big data and artificial intelligence era	6
Effects of online citizen participation on legitimacy beliefs in local government. Evidence from a comparative study of online participation platforms in three German municipalities	6
Enhancing Public Health Policy Communication Through Government–Citizen Social Media Interactions: The Impact of Replying Agents, Inquiry Tone, and Institutional Trust	6
Institutionalizing Predictive AI in Public Administration: Algorithmic Governance and the Case of a Wildfire Forecasting System	6
Social imaginaries of digital technology in South Korea during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Content moderation and the digital transformations of gatekeeping	6
Models of State Digital Sovereignty From the Global South: Diverging Experiences From China, India and South Africa	5
Digital citizen participation in policy conflict and concord: Evaluation of a web‐based planning tool for railroad infrastructure	5
Core concerns: The need for a governance framework to protect global Internet infrastructure	5
Transitional affordances: A longitudinal mixed‐method study on the context and effects of changing mode of online access	5
A conceptual framework to explore considerations of the social implications in internet of things and smart city governance and policy: The case of Thailand	5

Mediated trust, the internet and artificial intelligence: Ideas, interests, institutions and futures	5
A new social contract for technology	5
Crowdfunding platforms as conduits for ideological struggle and extremism: On the need for greater regulation and digital constitutionalism	5
“Never good enough.” A situated understanding of the impact of digitalization on citizens living in a low socioeconomic position	5
Hate speech on social media against German mayors: Extent of the phenomenon, reactions, and implications	5
Invisible transparency: How different types of ad disclaimers on Facebook affect whether and how digital political advertising is perceived	5
Public Opinion, Sentiment, and Policy Feedback: An Exploratory Computational Text Analysis of Debates on Leave Compensation Policies on Chinese Social Media	5
What is an online political advert? An interrogation of conceptual challenges in the formation of digital policy response	5
From Global to Local: Building Internet Policy(ies) in a National Digital Agenda	5
Content Moderation and Community Standards: The Disconnect Between Policy and User Experiences Reporting Harmful and Offensive Content on Social Media	5
Cross‐Border Online Radicalization Among Teenagers: Evidence From a Brazilian Case Study	4
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Data sovereignty: The next frontier for internet policy?	4
The Technopolitical Paradox: Navigating Algorithmic Legitimacy, Participation Facades, and Technocratic Inclusion in Post‐Reformasi Indonesia	4
Balancing Innovation and Control: Public Views on Risks and Governance of AI in Political Communication	4
Patchwork Governance on KidTok: Balancing Regulation and Community Norms	4
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Quantifying water effluent violations and enforcement impacts using causal AI	3
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Conceptualizing Digital Democracy: A Policy‐Oriented Approach Through Computational Text Analysis	3
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A legal cure for news choice overload: Regulating algorithms and AI with ‘light patterns’ to foster autonomy and democracy	3
WeChat‐as‐a‐Police Service	3