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May
20
Moderating misinfo in a crisis, Brazilian bill blocked and 'designing for the margins'

Moderating misinfo in a crisis, Brazilian bill blocked and 'designing for the margins'

The week in content moderation - edition #160
5 min read
May
13
Signs in a window in the United States (Dennis Fraevich, cropped and coloured)

Reaction to "insane" speech law, Meta's Kenyan lawsuit and coup for Koo founder

The week in content moderation - edition #159
6 min read
May
06
Four people standing up and being sworn in at the US Senate subcommittee hearing (screengrab, coloured)

How to create trustworthy systems, Bluesky takes flight and US senators talk transparency

The week in content moderation - edition #158
6 min read
Apr
29
Margrethe Vestager holding a phone and smiling ahead of European Parliament hearings in 2019

Europe agrees “sweeping” law, Musk divides opinion and abuse plagues the metaverse

The week in content moderation - edition #157
6 min read
Apr
26
Elon Musk presenting Tesla's fully autonomous future in 2019 (Steve Jurvetson)

Is authenticating users a good way to foster free speech on a platform?

Exploring: user verification, anonymity and Koo's attempt to reduce lawful content
6 min read
Apr
22
Nadine Dorries, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, walking into Downing Street

The great podcast moderation problem, 'Facebook's chief fixer' and another dislike button

The week in content moderation - edition #156
5 min read
Apr
15

New call for platform transparency, YouTube's spam problem and talking 'algospeak'

The week in content moderation - edition #155
5 min read
Apr
08

Verifying who you say you are, Canada's regulatory experts and banning climate misinfo

The week in content moderation - edition #154
5 min read
Apr
06
Tesh Goyal, Google Research's Head of User Research for Responsible AI Tools

Tesh Goyal on devising a new framework for dealing with online harassment

Covering: using Perspective API to automatically detect abuse and open-sourcing Harassment Manager for other newsrooms
8 min read
Apr
01

📌 A new way to appeal your ban, 'GDPR for public discourse' and more mental health lawsuits

5 min read