Platformland #26

Explain past, describe the now, and reach into the future

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Platform news

• 🇮🇳 India is digitising and centralising birth records, plus linking Aadhaar to birth and death registration. See here for a critique. It’s a good example of digitising existing registers through amending existing legislation (the amendments are here).

• 📦 Amazon says it should not be considered a ‘very large online platform’ under the EU’s digital services act. Amazon says it should not be covered as it is does not make money by advertising. The European Commission says the legislation aims to “cover all platforms that expose their users to content, including the sale of products or services, which can be illegal”.

• 📘 IBM is getting £66…