Platform Governance Archive

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  • LinkedIn Restricts Political Advertising

    LinkedIn updated their Community Guidelines on 02.10.2025, adding a prohibition of political advertisements posted in exchange for money or personal benefit. Added: We don’t allow political advertisements, endorsements, or support posted in exchange for money or personal benefit. Find the link to the Community Guidelines version here. Author: Kaisla Mäki

  • LinkedIn Shares User Data with Microsoft and Advises Users not to Provide Sensitive Information

    LinkedIn updated its Privacy Policy, effective from 03.11.2025, adding more detail about how user data may be used to train AI systems. The update also states that certain data is shared with the parent company Microsoft for training its AI models. The platform advises users not to provide “special category data” such as health, genetic,…

  • Telegram expands cooperation with authorities beyond the scope of terrorism

    Telegram · Terms of Service, Privacy Policy · September 23, 2024 Instant messaging service Telegram updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to deter from using its platform for illegal activities. The changes allow Telegram to disclose the IP addresses and phone numbers of users following a valid order “from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you’re a suspect in…

  • Will the arrest of Telegram’s CEO in France have implications for platform regulation, in the EU and elsewhere? 

    Telegram · August 28, 2024 The arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s CEO and owner, has sent shockwaves through Telegram’s user base and concerns about the current state of platform regulation in France, the EU, and globally.  On Monday, the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris issued a press release providing additional context to the investigation, revealing charges…

  • PGA starts tracking Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social

    The Platform Governance Archive (PGA) is expanding its scope to track the policy changes of three new social media platforms: Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social. The initiative aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and governance of these emerging platforms. Threads is an online social media and networking service launched on July 5,…

  • Meta to label AI generated content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads

    Meta · Community Guidelines · February 12, 2024 Meta expands their misinformation policies for Facebook, Instagram and Threads to cover AI generated content. The updated Community Guidelines now include a subsection for “Content Digitally Created or Altered that May Mislead”. The company promises to create informative labels for artificially produced content that creates a particularly…