Content Moderation Technologies
Applying Human Rights Standards to Protect Freedom of Expression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16764699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thiago Dias Oliva (0000-0003-0695-2742, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 607-640 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-7781 • E-ISSN: 1744-1021 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hrlr/ngaa032 |
| OpenAlex | W3111457905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
With the increase in online content circulation new challenges have arisen: the dissemination of defamatory content, non-consensual intimate images, hate speech, fake news, the increase of copyright violations, among others. Due to the huge amount of work required in moderating content, internet platforms are developing artificial intelligence to automate decision-making content removal. This article discusses the reported performance of current content moderation technologies from a legal perspective, addressing the following question: what risks do these technologies pose to freedom of expression, access to information and diversity in the digital environment? The legal analysis developed by the article focuses on international human rights law standards. Despite recent improvements, content moderation technologies still fail to understand context, thereby posing risks to users’ free speech, access to information and equality. Consequently, it is concluded, these technologies should not be the sole basis for reaching decisions that directly affect user expression
Context (archaeology) · Digital content · Diversity (politics) · Freedom of expression · Human rights · Internet privacy · Moderation · Political science · Public relations · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
The Promise and Perils of International Human Rights Law for AI Governance
Bad Speech, Good Evidence
The Content Governance Dilemma
The Power of the Crowd
Users’ perception of media content and content moderation
Moderating borderline content while respecting fundamental values
Can Facebook's community standards keep up with legal certainty? Content moderation governance under the pressure of the Digital Services Act
Cyber-libertarianism or marketing strategy? An investigation of Telegram’s domain-specific agency
Dealing With Covid-19 in Casual Democracies
Introduction
Cookies and content moderation
Militarism and the Politics of Covid-19 Response in Uganda
Manipulation, Algorithm Design, and the Multiple Dimensions of Autonomy
| Citations per year | 3.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |