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Custodians of the Internet

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 7:25 p.m.

b'Platforms, Content Moderation, & the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media\\n\\nIn this talk, author Tarleton Gillespie discusses how social media platforms police what we post online \\u2013 and the societal impact of these decisions. He flips the story to argue that content moderation is not ancillary to what platforms do; it is essential, definitional, and constitutional. Given that, the very fact of moderation should change how we understand what platforms are.\\n\\nFor more information, visit: \\nhttps://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018-10-30/custodians-internet'