Inside Tech Content Moderation

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A roundup of episodes dealing with content moderation on social media platforms.


  • 1

    Post No Evil Redux

    Radiolab

    1:10:58 | Jun 19th, 2020

    6 recommendations

    Today we revisit our story on Facebook and its rulebook, looking at what’s changed in the past two years and exploring how these rules will impact the 2020 Presidential Election.  Back in 2008 Faceboo...Show More

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    “Who should we protect? A) White men or B) Black children” If your answer is “A) White men”, you win the Facebook content moderation quiz! The reason for the answer is 👀 Moderating content on soc...Show More

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    Inside Instagram's Nipple Ban

    Recode Daily

    26:38 | Oct 27th, 2019

    4 recommendations

    Instagram censors almost all photographs of female nipples on its platform. The impact of this policy is much larger than you might think, affecting both art and identity. Featuring: @raindovemodel @...Show More

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    “We are dealing with a business, not a human being. We are dealing with a business that affects human beings. We conflate it because it has such a big effect on human experiences" "By playing it safe...Show More

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    A company called GirlsDoPorn uploaded videos to Pornhub and other sites without the consent of the women in them. VICE’s Samantha Cole explains why these videos are still all over the internet. Featu...Show More

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    Good companion pod to Rabbit Hole fans. Because of the stigma about porn, the content moderation issues of Pornhub and similar sites aren’t talked about enough or held to sufficient public accountabil...Show More

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    In “The Trauma Floor,” The Verge’s Casey Newton uncovered the horrendous working conditions for contract Facebook moderators. On this week’s Vergecast, he and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel discuss how h...Show More

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    Shocking reporting about what Facebook moderators do behind-the-scenes. We (or rather Facebook) need to value these people more for keeping Facebook mostly sane. The accompanying article that goes mor...Show More

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    Four: Headquarters

    Rabbit Hole

    39:10 | May 7th, 2020

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    A trip to YouTube for a conversation with the woman trying to change it.

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    How an "opinion loophole" is enabling the spread of climate change misinformation. Links to resources discussed: Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers Washington Examiner op-e...Show More

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    Let’s just label climate change and covid as “opinion” and call it a day 🙄 As someone who have published a ton of opeds in local and national publications, I can attest that my opeds are fact-checked...Show More

  • 7

    What does ‘being verified’ actually mean?

    Why'd You Push That Button?

    32:32 | Aug 7th, 2019

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    I have sad news today: we’re publishing the season 4 finale of Why’d You Push That Button? The good news, though, is that it’s a really great episode! Today, Kaitlyn Tiffany and I (Ashley Carman) are ...Show More

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    The little blue check initially served as a way to validate the authenticity of a person of note to differentiate from impersonators, but now it's turned into a status symbol with social implications....Show More

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    Episode 72 of Tech Buzz China features product expert Eugene Wei in conversation with our co-host Rui Ma on the timely topic of TikTok and the mechanics of what makes the app so successful. Tune in to...Show More

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    The first part of this episode with Eugene Wei was hands down the best episode about TikTok I've heard (and believe me, I've heard a ton). I think what sets this episode apart is that its coming from ...Show More

  • 9

    Since its inception, the perennial thorn in Facebook’s side has been content moderation. That is, deciding what you and I are allowed to post on the site and what we’re not. Missteps by Facebook in th...Show More

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    Thought-provoking episode about how Facebook is essentially creating a new way of internet governance that will be like a sudo government of speech in the worlds. Culture and context is so important.

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