The need for online platform regulation has been a topic of scholarly debate. However, reality is now catching up to and even overtaking the academic writing on this subject. France has adopted a law on platform fairness, the European Commission recently ordered Google to implement a form of search neutrality, and more regulatory initiatives are on the horizon. That is why we have to look beyond the question whether online platforms should be regulated. As actual regulation supplants the scholarly debate, we must also examine how they are being regulated. Accordingly, this article distils from the various proposals at EU and member state level a set of operational principles that can serve as a frame of reference for productive debate on platform regulation.

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中立，公平还是自由？平台监管原则

在线平台监管的需求一直是学术辩论的话题。然而，现实正在赶上甚至超越有关该主题的学术著作。法国已经通过了一项关于平台公平性的法律，欧盟委员会最近命令Google实施一种搜索中立的形式，并且更多的监管举措正在酝酿中。这就是为什么我们不得不超越是否应该监管在线平台的问题。由于实际的法规取代了学术辩论，因此我们还必须研究如何对法规进行监管。因此，本文从欧盟和成员国层面的各种提案中分出了一套操作原则，这些原则可以作为有关平台监管的富有成效的辩论的参考框架。