The key role played by online platforms in the neo-intermediation of the public debate requires a review of current tools for mapping the digital information ecosystem, highlighting the political nature of such an analysis: Starting from a synoptic overview of the main models of platform governance, we try to understand whether the ongoing European shift towards the Limited Government Regulation (LGR) model will be able to counterbalance the “systemic opinion power” of the giant platforms and restore the “health” of the digital information ecosystem. A close analysis of the European Digital Services Act (DSA) has highlighted some limitations in achieving its goals, because of the features of the LGR on the one hand, and the disruptive features of the algorithmic neo-intermediation phenomenon on the other. Thus, we suggest a tripartite regulatory model, that can be defined as “neo-editorial accountability.” However, increasing users’ critical algorithmic awareness is an essential prerequisite for implementing the suggested template, and mitigating an outstanding effect of the LGR model: the normalization of the ideological assumptions underlying informational capitalism.

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大型网络平台的“新中介”：数字信息生态“健康状况”分析视角

在线平台在公共辩论的新中介中发挥的关键作用需要审查当前用于映射数字信息生态系统的工具，突出这种分析的政治性质：从平台治理的主要模型的概要概述开始，我们试图了解欧洲正在进行的向有限政府监管（LGR）模式的转变是否能够抵消巨头平台的“系统舆论力量”并恢复数字信息生态系统的“健康”。对欧洲数字服务法案 (DSA) 的仔细分析强调了实现其目标的一些局限性，一方面是因为 LGR 的特征，另一方面是算法新中介现象的破坏性特征。因此，我们建议采用三方监管模式，可以定义为“新编辑问责制”。然而，提高用户的批判性算法意识是实施建议模板和减轻 LGR 模型的突出影响的必要先决条件：信息资本主义背后的意识形态假设的规范化。