[Commlist] Data-driven election - New special issue of Internet Policy Review published

Data-driven elections
Open access journal Internet Policy Review rolls out new special issue

Less than three years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in time 
for the US presidential election year, Internet Policy Review today 
launched its 10th special issue: ‘Data-driven elections’, edited by 
Canadian scholars Colin J. Bennett (University of Victoria) and David 
Lyon (Queen’s University).

In their published papers, the researchers address key questions that 
will challenge academic researchers and regulators for years to come, 
including the efficacy of voter analytics; the accountability of the 
major social media platforms; the contemporary regulatory responses in 
Europe and North-America; the impact on local party organisations; and 
larger questions about the capture of personal data on the electorate 
during, and between, election campaigns.

With a total of 11 peer-reviewed papers by top international 
researchers, two commentaries – one by Berlin-based Tactical Tech’s 
Varoon Bashyakarla; the other by the Information and Privacy 
Commissioner for British Columbia, Michael P. McEvoy – this special 
issue offers an assessment of distinctive
dynamics and characteristics of contemporary voter surveillance.

All papers of the special issue are accessible (at no cost) here: 
https://policyreview.info/data-driven-elections


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