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Between regulation, pressure and collaboration: the public–private entanglement in content moderation This paper examines the evolving roles of states in content moderation and their complex relationships with social media platforms over time. As these…

New article with @soweerts.bsky.social! We examine the relationships between states/social media platforms over time and propose a framework to make sense of them - at a time when these relationships are starting to pose serious threats to democratic values and the rule of law.

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Unpacking the Meta Announcement: The Future of the Information Ecosystem and Implications for Democracy Meta's changes reflect the trend of deregulation, aligning with Zuckerberg's vision of prioritizing free expression over community safety.

Unpacking the Meta Announcement: The Future of the Information Ecosystem and Implications for Democracy www.justsecurity.org/106156/unpac...

I still can't believe Zuck said this. It is insane.

Screenshot of the programme of the conference (on website). Blue white and pink. The picture on the flyer is a face covered by three hands; two on eyes, one on the mouth.

If you are in Switzerland, do not miss this event: Monday, 25th Nov., Lausanne: Conference on academic freedom with Farida Shaheed and Kim Scheppele and many other speakers. Free, but registration required. news.unil.ch/display/1726...

Do not hesitate to reach out if it inspires any thoughts or if you'd like to discuss it ☺️

3b/ It will therefore not be easy to make these standards change to satisfy legal certainty requirements. A failure to make these changes would show a limit of the DSA human rights-inspired approach.

3a/ Community standards are ontollogically embedded in the self-regulatory technological infrastructure developed by social media companies for content moderation. They were not designed to be external communication tools.

2/ Significant changes would be required to comply with Art. 14. If these changes occur, they could have an impact beyond the EU, as non-EU countries could see changes in social media policies as a result of the DSA requirements.

1/ At present, Facebook's standards do not comply with the requirements of Article 14 DSA. This article is a good illustration of the efforts of the EU to incorporate human rights-inspired processes into content moderation.

New paper out! 🎉

With @soweerts.bsky.social, we show how the EU, with the DSA, is trying to bring the terms of use of social media companies into line with the legal certainty principle.

We make three main contributions (see comments).

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Conférence ayant lieu ce jeudi à l‘IDHEAP!

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Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation. But these services bring problems of their own.

crucial point from @sayhar.bsky.social - outsourcing moderation to SaaS companies means it's even more siloed from other aspects of platform governance: people dealing with harms to users have zero influence over any other aspect of how platforms are designed & operated www.wired.com/story/trust-...