Often we don't see the same content on the internet as others do. Content moderation is responsible for the way we scroll through social media and consume videos on the web. This raises crucial questions: What is good content? Should algorithms do all the moderation for us? How do we decide what should be deleted? For example, what is hate speech, and what is terrorist content? Are there ways to structure content moderation differently, while still maintaining democratic values?

Julia Krüger, an editor for Netzpolitik.org and assistant to a German member of parliament, is deeply convinced that we need to create alternative moderation schemes to uphold liberal values. Together with HIIG-researcher Amélie Heldt, she discusses the different methods of moderation, the role of AI yet to come, and what she personally hopes for.

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In the episode are the following references:

The coral project (by Mozilla)

The EU Internet Forum (EU presse release)

Alphabet Jigsaw (website)

Get to know Amélie Heldt (on youtube)

Julia Krüger on Twitter and Netzpolitik