As recent scandals on social media platforms have shown, content moderation is hard, thankless work. The lines between political satire, hate speech, historical documentation, and obscenity get blurry very quickly even in a single country, let alone when trying to create a one-size-fits-all global moderation standard. Companies like Facebook and Twitter are attempting to routinize their content moderation processes, but Matthew and Paul discuss whether those efforts—however well-intentioned—are too little, too late.

What happened between Crowder and Maza? What debates are happening in the tech space about content moderation? How do we determine hate? How does Facebook respond to questionable content? What is too radical to be posted online? What are the limits to hate speech?

Further Reading:

YouTube’s week from hell: How the debate over free speech online exploded after a conservative star with millions of subscribers was accused of homophobic harassment, written by Benjamin Goggin.

Where’s the Real Harm from Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple?, written by Ryan Bourne

Related Content:

Free Speech Online: Unfriended, Building Tomorrow Podcast

Speech Police, Building Tomorrow Podcast

Practical Problems with Regulating Tech in the Public Interest, written by Will Rinehart

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