All eyes are on social media

All eyes are on social media
Tom Barraclough: "As people come to understand social media systems better, we think they will use them more selectively." (Image: Getty)
Tom Barraclough
Online platforms are constantly expected to draw the line on what can or cannot be said. This is a source of endless controversy. Attitudes to freedom of expression and individual and community safety are a central political divide as old as politics itself. Discussions revolve around intractable and competing values which can never be fully resolved. In the past, these discussions occurred in specific communities, but now they occur on a global scale.Content moderation applies specific consequences to these ancient debates. When it c...

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