The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South [7] Kosseff, J. (2019). The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet. Cornell University Press [8] Goldman, E. (2023). In Defense of Section 230. Stanford Technology Law Review, 26(3), 301–325. [9] Moody v. NetChoice is 594 U.S. 900 (2024) [19] Gorwa, Robert, ‘Platform Regulation and the Majority World’, The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation, Oxford Studies in Digital Politics (New York, 2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 May 2024) [20] House F, “China” (Freedom House), Freedom on the Net 2021 <https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-net/2021#footnote2_m4g24py> [10] Johnson A and Castro D, “Fact-Checking the Critiques of Section 230: What Are the Real Problems?” Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | ITIF (February 222021) [21] Xiao B, “Making the Private Public: Regulating Content Moderation under Chinese Law” (2023) 51 Computer Law &amp; Security Review 105893 [11] Wendling M, “Voter Fraud Claims Flood Social Media before US Election” (BBC News, November 3, 2024) [22] Chang S, “Global Takedown Orders in the GDPR Era: New Internet Governance on Transnational Cooperation” (April 15, 2025) [12] López J, Phd R and Richart JL, “A New Legal Framework for Online Platforms in the European Union (and Beyond)” (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawla II, December 20, 2024) [13] European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Impact Assessment Accompanying The Document Proposal For A Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and Amending Directive 2000/31/Ec, Page 21. [14] Avnish Bajaj v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2005) 116 DLT 427 [15] Shreya Singhal v Union of India, (2015) 5 SCC 1. [16] X was suspended for its failure to nominate a legal representative within Brazil. See Lisandra Paraguassu, Luana Maria Benedito and Ricardo Brito, “Brazil watchdog moves to block access to Elon Musk’s X after court order” (Reuters, 31 August 2024) [17] Extraordinary appeal (re) no. 1,037,396 (theme 987) and Extraordinary appeal (re) no. 1,057,258 (theme 533) [18] Action D, “A Turning Point for Platform Responsibility in Brazil” (Digital Action, July 17, 2025) 28 Platform Regulations Across the Globe Platform Regulations Across the Globe 29