#Moderation

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

I wrote this awhile ago, but it helps make sense of why content moderation is largely focused on mainstream platforms. There are other opportunities for moderation across the tech stack,

Greg Fodor

gfodor

To decentralize twitter you need people to self host. To get people to self host, you basically have two knobs: simplicity and incentives. 1/N Increase simplicity through good UX. (As

Yinka Chukwuemeka Ogunnubi

yinkanubi

The more I read about Jesus, the more I realise that he was neither a right wing or left wing religious or political leader. He was never an extremist but

Jeff Kosseff

jkosseff

The real threat to Section 230's future comes not from people who are angry about being censored, but from people who are angry that platforms were weaponized and did not

Julian Sanchez

normative

Parler’s content guidelines appear to be written to make it misleadingly look like wholly discretionary aspects of their moderation policy are legally required. Like most platforms they plan to “censor”

Jess Miers

jess_miers

I've been thinking a lot lately about the parallels between law school and content moderation. Specifically, the way I think about the law--the rules that govern both our offline and

Ellie Morlino

elliemation_

You know whats not a vibe?Having my entire house explode:Parler was just deleted from the app store,my dad is losing his mind saying we are in Nazi Germany.This is way

Emily Kager

EmilyKager

I’m sure you’ve all seen the removal of COVID misinformation videos and subsequent suspension of certain figures by Twitter and rants about TWITTER IS ACTING AS A PUBLISHER AND NO

Emma Llanso

ellanso

S.4632, Graham's Online Content Policy Modernization Act, may actually get marked up today. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/12/10/2020/executive-business-meeting . Graham tabled a Manager's Amendment that makes a bad bill

Jeff Kosseff

jkosseff

What happens on the day after Section 230 is repealed? I'm going to prognosticate a bit in today's Section 230 thread. The tl;dr is that we'll likely see a lot

MargaretSimons

MargaretSimons

Of course the huge power of big digital platforms to limit and amplify speech is a worry. I have previously researched how the CCP both censors and uses WeChat, Weibo...and

Raheem Kassam

RaheemKassam

Facebook’s new content advisory board includes:- Anti-white activist Pamela Karlan- Hard left news editor Rusbridger- Soros Open Society staffers- Scandinavian socialist politician- Zero conservatives Btw this isn’t a joke.https://www.c

DR. SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN🗽🤘🏽

sivavaid

I respectfully disagree with my @Wired colleague @GiladEdelman. More content moderators just mean more bad moderation. The very concept of content moderation assumes a simplistic model of content and ignores

Emma Llanso

ellanso

A few thoughts about the Trump account suspension, not at all comprehensive: I’m most concerned about how account suspension affects vulnerable & marginalized speakers who lack other options. The US

Wolf Lawyer

thewolflawyer

So, apparently Parler is the new no-moderation free speech social media platform and some conservative pundits love it. It has a leak. Here it is and I’m gonna tell ya.

Daphne Keller

daphnehk

This Terrorist Content Regulation trilogue compromise looks ominous. One hour removals and, the press release implies, ability for national authorities to require filtering. That's a terrible outcome. @DiaKayyali @edri @jilliancyork

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