Below are posts associated with the “content moderation” tag.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Banned from Facebook and Twitter, far right groups are still a presence online. : NPR'
Interesting read on a subject I expect to be following for a while.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - The New York Times'
Podcasts are one of the last bastions of the open internet, but that evidently comes at a cost. So long as Apple and Spotify are trying to corner the podcast market, they should be moderating their content.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Tumblr goes overboard censoring tags on iOS to comply with Apple’s guidelines - The Verge'
There are clear cases where platforms need to be moderating more content, but let’s not forget the seemingly-well-intentioned but overreaching cases either.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'TikTok sued by former content moderator for allegedly failing to protect her mental health - The Verge'
Content moderation is an awful job, and we shouldn’t forget the people doing it for us.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Podcast Episode: Who Should Control Online Speech? | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Such a good conversation on such an important topic.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Employees pleaded with Facebook to stop letting politicians bend rules | Ars Technica'
Facebook might need more moderators, but they shouldn’t be company executives…
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook whistleblower hearing: France Haugen finally got Republicans to stop yapping about anti-conservative bias.'
Interesting article. I’m particularly interested in the idea of focusing on algorithms rather than content.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Political parties complained Facebook’s algorithm promoted polarization - The Verge'
What a read. Platforms don’t just host content, they manipulate that content.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Secret Facebook program reportedly let celebrities avoid moderation - The Verge'
Bookmarking this for my content management class.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The Giftschrank offers a path for social media companies on content moderation transparency.'
Interesting proposal for a difficult issue.