EuroDIG 2026 · Main Topic 04 | Platforms’ Accountability to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere

Find out more: https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Platform... Session teaser Digital platforms hold immense power over public debate, but their engagement-driven designs—amplified by generative AI and synthetic media—often reduce users to passive consumers of algorithmically curated content, eroding civic agency and fueling disinformation, hate speech, and other harms. Against this backdrop, and building on frameworks like the DSA, Council of Europe’s Recommendation on Online Safety, and foundational texts such as the Rome Declaration on Media Ecology and Cannes Declaration on the Sovereignty of Mind, this session will explore: How can we reshape platform governance to empower users as active citizens—not just audiences—in the digital public sphere? Join us to unpack the legal, governance, and practical conditions needed to safeguard democratic debate in platform-mediated environments.