Digital multilingualism and platform governance / Janny H.C. Leung

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leung, Janny, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics

Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics, 2634-7334

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Forensic linguistics.

Multilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"As custodians of global public discourse today, transnational tech platforms govern who may speak, to whom, and how. While they have helped document and revitalize minoritized languages and connect diasporic communities, they also make language-related decisions that can disproportionately disadvantage speakers of those languages. On platforms like Facebook, non-English users navigate a linguistic environment where content moderation is often severely under-resourced compared to that available to English speakers. They may not receive warnings about disinformation or disturbing content, may not be told about what rules apply, and may have their content wrongly removed – or violating content left untouched – because neither human moderators nor automated systems can understand their language. This Element examines forms of global linguistic justice that platforms create and reproduce, highlighting a critical yet underexplored dimension of structural inequality in contemporary platform governance"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Preface : Internet governance in a linguistically diverse world

Navigating global inequalities in the digital age

How language shapes platform experience

Interventions and interpretations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 4, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Leung, Janny Digital multilingualism and platform governance

ISBN:

9781009263177

100926317X

OCLC:

1581574497

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355671

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access