Custodians of the Internet
Channel: The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Date: 2018-11-06

Platforms, Content Moderation, & the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media

In this talk, author Tarleton Gillespie discusses how social media platforms police what we post online – 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.

For more information, visit: 
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018-10-30/custodians-internet