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Improving Regulatory Oversight in Online Content Moderation
Benedetta Tessa, Denise Amram, Anna Monreale, Stefano Cresci
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04145 h…

Improving Regulatory Oversight in Online Content Moderation
The European Union introduced the Digital Services Act (DSA) to address the risks associated with digital platforms and promote a safer online environment. However, despite the potential of components such as the Transparency Database, Transparency Reports, and Article 40 of the DSA to improve platform transparency, significant challenges remain. These include data inconsistencies and a lack of detailed information, which hinder transparency in content moderation practices. Additionally, the ab…

Looks like some of my followers are gonna have an exciting night tonight in the comments of this post, because white supremacy has no place anywhere on the Fediverse, period!
#Fosstodon #Fediverse #Moderation

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Remote fetch replies is set as experimental and also asynchronous, unclear if it would be ready for the final release. https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/114625074809479231

Because essentially no one who has done conscientious online moderation before ever wants to do it again.
It’s been 24 years since I did any of it and I never miss it. https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/114608973862859551

Meta says it has cut US content removal mistakes by half since its January policy changes, without broadly exposing users to more offensive content than before (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-content-moderation-changes-decrease-r…

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results In Far Fewer Content Takedowns
Meta says loosening its enforcement policies earlier this year led to fewer erroneous takedowns on Facebook and Instagram—and didn't broadly expose users to more harmful content.

Podcast-Empfehlung für die Hefebäcker unter euch: Die letzten beiden Folgen der Sendung "Alles in Butter" des WDR5 drehen sich um frische Backhefe bzw. Trockenhefe. Ich habe aus Gründen nur die Sendung zur frischen Hefe gehört und darin dabei richtig viel über Hefe gelernt. Nachzuhören hier, ggf. müsst ihr ein Stück weit in die vorhergehenden Sendungen runter scrollen:

WDR 5 Alles in Butter
Alltagsrezepte und kulinarische Tipps zum Genießen – mit Carolin Courts und Uwe Schulz in der Moderation sowie dem Genussexperten Helmut Gote.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03219 has been replaced.
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Content Moderation by LLM: From Accuracy to Legitimacy
One trending application of LLM (large language model) is to use it for content moderation in online platforms. Most current studies on this application have focused on the metric of accuracy -- the extent to which LLMs make correct decisions about content. This article argues that accuracy is insufficient and misleading because it fails to grasp the distinction between easy cases and hard cases, as well as the inevitable trade-offs in achieving higher accuracy. Closer examination reveals that …

lol, 'accidentally' read up on the latest #fosstodon meta and seems the new moderation team includes another volunteer nazi safety advocate…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16297 has been replaced.
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A Meta-Learning Method for Estimation of Causal Excursion Effects to Assess Time-Varying Moderation
Advances in wearable technologies and health interventions delivered by smartphones have greatly increased the accessibility of mobile health (mHealth) interventions. Micro-randomized trials (MRTs) are designed to assess the effectiveness of the mHealth intervention and introduce a novel class of causal estimands called "causal excursion effects." These estimands enable the evaluation of how intervention effects change over time and are influenced by individual characteristics or context. Exist…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16826 has been replaced.
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Ideological Fragmentation of the Social Media Ecosystem: From echo chambers to echo platforms
The entertainment-driven nature of social media encourages users to engage with like-minded individuals and consume content aligned with their beliefs, limiting exposure to diverse perspectives. Simultaneously, users migrate between platforms, either due to moderation policies like de-platforming or in search of environments better suited to their preferences. These dynamics drive the specialization of the social media ecosystem, shifting from internal echo chambers to "echo platforms"--entire …

There is an open letter on BlueSky moderation practices as they apply to Gazans which I was invited to sign.
I have been feeling pretty helpless so I read the letter. It was very balanced and reasonable. The asks are not- as I saw them being misrepresented as immediately- to allow anyone who says they are in Gaza to post anything.

Der Deutsche Kleinkunstpreis wird vergeben
...an Sarah Bosetti, FALK, Die bekannte Band Zärtlichkeiten mit Freunden, @filiz_tasdan, Teresa Reichl und Bernd-Lutz Lange. Moderation: Tobias Mann.
https://www.kabarett-news.de/News-vom-21.03.2025-deutscher-klei…

the Chinafake Wiki account on Bluesky may shut down in the future (probably not super soon) as their moderation has been going in an unhealthy direction. we advise everyone to open up an account on Mastodon/the Fediverse if they do not have one already, more info at http://bluepixelcomputing.com:8141/fe

Bayerischer Kabarettpreis - die Preisträger 2025
Die Preise gehen an Claus von Wagner, Lara Ermer, Georg Ringsgwandl und @toxische_pommes. Moderation Martin Frank.
http://www.kabarett-news.de/News-vom-18.03.2025-bay-kabarettpreis.html
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