The Enclosure Acts allowed fencing of common lands that villagers had used for generations. Something similar has happened in the digital space.
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It’s difficult to make thoughtful, measured decisions when you’re pressed for time and your job is constantly at risk.
Hate comments are often hidden behind symbols, or additional characters – slipping past keyword-based filters. But a new tool helps moderators see past these techniques to identify toxicity online.
Internal data from the ABC show the harmful content moderators are exposed to weekly, sometimes even daily. But the organisation’s response is one many others can learn from.
Our research found high rates of tech-based abuse – so our team is designing a new AI tool to detect and document toxic comments.
If Pavel Durov is successfully prosecuted, it could lay the groundwork for further legal action against larger tech companies.
Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.
Regulating online hate speech can have unintended consequences, such as reinforcing right-wing narratives and further marginalizing vulnerable communities.
Elon Musk will need to tackle false information on Twitter, say researchers.
We found LGBTIQ+ groups are exposed to an unacceptable level of discrimination and intimidation, including death threats, targeting of Muslims and threats of stoning or beheading.
Imagine if Facebook’s content was hosted on a blockchain — across many thousands of ordinary computers — and governed equally by each of them, rather than Mark Zuckerberg.
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