This paper discusses the new phenomenon of platform ad archives. Over the past year, leading social media platforms have installed publicly accessible databases documenting their political advertisements, and several countries have moved to regulate them. If designed and implemented properly, ad...

Alongside the recent regulations addressing platforms and digital markets - the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the European Union's (EU) European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) aims to safeguard media freedom and pluralism, two essential pillars of democracy. The EMFA...