Custodians of the internet : platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media / Tarleton Gillespie.

Custodians of the internet : platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media /

"Most users want their Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube comments to be free of harassment and porn. Whether faced with 'fake news' or livestreamed violence, 'content moderators'--who censor or promote user-posted content--have never been more important. This is espec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillespie, Tarleton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Social media > Censorship.
Pornography > Social aspects.
Internet pornography.
Internet > Social aspects.
Violence in mass media.
Cyberspace > Social aspects.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • All platforms moderate
  • The myth of the neutral platform
  • Community guidelines, or the sound of no
  • Three impactful solutions to the problem of scale
  • The human labor of moderation
  • Facebook, breastfeeding, and living in suspension
  • To remove or to filter
  • What platforms are, and what they should be.

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