Platform Governance Archive (PGA): Dataset PGA v2 [Data Paper]

Abstract

This dataset PGA v2 is part of the Platform Governance Archive (PGA), a data repository and platform that collects and curates policies of major social media platforms in a long-term perspective. In addition to PGA v2, there is also the historical dataset PGA v1 that provides a long-term collection of platform policies of four major platforms from 2005 to 2021. The PGA v2 picks up this work and writes it into the future, while also broadening the scope of data collection. Instead of looking backward, the PGA v2 entails data collected in-real time as changes are made to platform policies. This way, the database remains always up to date allowing access to the data through the Platform Governance Archive even for the most current versions of platform policies.