Platform rule: Facebook, corporate power, and networked publics
European Journal of International Relations
Published online on April 30, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of International Relations, Ahead of Print.
With over three billion users, Facebook has direct access to a larger population than any state or nonstate actor in history. This article examines Facebook’s power by constructing a political history of platform rule—the transnational exercise of state-...
With over three billion users, Facebook has direct access to a larger population than any state or nonstate actor in history. This article examines Facebook’s power by constructing a political history of platform rule—the transnational exercise of state-...