January 15, 2021
Article
Harvard Business Review (website)

Social Media Companies Should Self-Regulate. Now

By: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer and David B. Yoffie

Format:Electronic

Abstract

We argue that social media firms should ramp up self-regulation of content in 2021. This argument is based on research on numerous industries where firms and/or industry associations devised self-regulatory strategies that successfully limited or forestalled more intrusive government intervention.

Keywords

Social Media; Self-regulation; Internet; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations

Citation

Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie. "Social Media Companies Should Self-Regulate. Now." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 15, 2021).