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Twitter briefly restricts account of writer reporting from the West Bank (2021)
Summary: In early May 2021, writer and researcher Mariam Barghouti was reporting from the West Bank on escalating conflicts between Israeli forces and Palestinian protestors, and making frequent...
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Takedowns on YouTube skyrocket during pandemic as AI replaces human...
Summary: YouTube has always faced an uphill battle when it comes to content moderation. A decade ago, the job was impossible to handle with only human moderators. According to stats released by the...
View ArticleCloudflare and The Daily Stormer: Content Moderation Meets the Stack
Summary: In 2017, Cloudflare, a web infrastructure and website security company, came under media scrutiny for hosting a U.S. based, self-proclaimed neo-Nazi website, The Daily Stormer. Despite...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Around the Globe: The Removal of a Facebook Post About an Argentine...
Summary: In December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Argentinian government official published a post about the approval of a new Argentinian-developed treatment for COVID-19 to...
View ArticlePublic Interest, Local Laws, and Privacy Rules in India
Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, tweeted a photo of himself with the parents of a girl allegedly raped and killed in New Delhi. Since the Indian law prohibits...
View ArticleTikTok and Oracle: Public Accountability via Private Auditor
Summary: TikTok has been widely criticized for its handling of U.S. based user data. The criticism is not without merit, as evidenced by numerous data security scandals and investigations. To quell...
View ArticleAddressing Disinformation Through Labeling in Times of Crisis
Summary: A few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter announced that it would start labeling tweets containing links from Russian state-linked media outlets, noting their affiliation....
View ArticleThe Reddit Blackout of 2023: Moderators Lead the Charge for a Site-Wide...
Summary: Beginning June 12th, 2023, Reddit experienced its second-ever “blackout,” triggered by the platform’s decision to charge companies for API access. Reddit, known for its diverse user-generated...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Moderating Livestreamed Violent Extremist Content
Summary: In 2022, an 18-year-old man committed a racist attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, murdering ten people and injuring three others. The perpetrator of the attack livestreamed the...
View ArticleAI-Generated Disinformation Campaigns Surrounding COVID-19 in the DRC
Summary: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a surge in AI-driven disinformation campaigns across social media. These sophisticated misinformation endeavors aimed to...
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