Research Talk : Problematizing Platform Content Moderation
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Speaker
Dr João C. Magalhães is an Assistant Professor in Media, Politics, and Democracy at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen
Dr João C. Magalhães (https://jcmagalhaes.com/) is an Assistant Professor in Media, Politics, and Democracy at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen (the Netherlands). His work concerns the multiple intersections of platforms and politics and has been published in the ‘Journal of Communication’, ‘International Journal of Communication’, and ‘Social Media + Society’, among others. João holds a PhD from the LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science).
Abstract
"Content moderation — or how digital platforms define and control what is objectionable and desirable — is a pervasive and highly controversial new way of governing human expression. In this session, João C. Magalhães invites students to problematize some of the cliches used to explain this practice. In so doing, the talk addresses three fundamental questions: Is moderation censorship? Does moderation regard content, only? And is moderation at scale even possible?"
