Expanding the debate about content moderation: scholarly research agendas for the coming policy debates
Content moderation has exploded as a policy, advocacy, and public concern. But these debates still tend to be driven by high-profile incidents and to focus on the largest, US based platforms. In order to contribute to informed policymaking, scholarship in this area needs to recognise that moderation...
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doaj-b346bf7f30f449959e881fe78025fcf62020-12-09T09:03:50ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752020-10-01Volume 9Issue 410.14763/2020.4.1512Expanding the debate about content moderation: scholarly research agendas for the coming policy debatesTarleton Gillespie0Patricia Aufderheide1Elinor Carmi2Ysabel Gerrard3Robert Gorwa4Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández5Sarah T. Roberts6Aram Sinnreich7Sarah Myers West8Microsoft ResearchAmerican UniversityUniversity of LiverpoolUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of OxfordQueensland University of TechnologyUniversity of California, Los AngelesAmerican UniversityNew York UniversityContent moderation has exploded as a policy, advocacy, and public concern. But these debates still tend to be driven by high-profile incidents and to focus on the largest, US based platforms. In order to contribute to informed policymaking, scholarship in this area needs to recognise that moderation is an expansive socio-technical phenomenon, which functions in many contexts and takes many forms. Expanding the discussion also changes how we assess the array of proposed policy solutions meant to improve content moderation. Here, nine content moderation scholars working in critical internet studies propose how to expand research on content moderation, with implications for policy.https://policyreview.info/node/1512 |
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Content moderation has exploded as a policy, advocacy, and public concern. But these debates still tend to be driven by high-profile incidents and to focus on the largest, US based platforms. In order to contribute to informed policymaking, scholarship in this area needs to recognise that moderation is an expansive socio-technical phenomenon, which functions in many contexts and takes many forms. Expanding the discussion also changes how we assess the array of proposed policy solutions meant to improve content moderation. Here, nine content moderation scholars working in critical internet studies propose how to expand research on content moderation, with implications for policy. |
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