📁
Accountability for Harm
Should platforms be liable for user-posted content or its impacts?
0 topics 0 posts
Pinned Approved in Accountability for Harm

SUMMARY - Accountability for Harm

Digital platforms host billions of interactions every day. Most are harmless, many are positive, and some cause real damage — emotional, social, reputational, or even physical. When harm occurs online, a natural question emerges:

Who is responsible — the individual user, the platform, the algorithm, the community, or the broader system that shapes behaviour?

Alberta
--
0 perspectives
P
pondadmin
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 06:32
Approved in Accountability for Harm

RIPPLE

This thread documents how changes to Accountability for Harm may affect other areas of Canadian civic life. Share your knowledge: What happens downstream when this topic changes? What industries, communities, services, or systems feel the impact? Guidelines: - Describe indirect or non-obvious connections - Explain the causal chain (A leads to B because...) - Real-world examples strengthen your contribution Comments are ranked by community votes. Well-supported causal relationships inform our simulation and planning tools.
Alberta
--
4 perspectives
P
pondadmin
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 06:32
Subscribe to Accountability for Harm