Misinformation is an umbrella term referring to false or partially false information. In contrast, hate speech, misinformation, and disinformation are areas that researcher Robyn Caplan of Data & Society has called “ ethically ambiguous.” (The central distinction between misinformation and disinformation is intent. In some of these areas, the platforms also have a policy of cooperation or escalation to law enforcement. These almost always involve individual harm arising from borderline or real criminal activity. These include self-harm/suicide, threats to child safety, nudity (Tumblr only recently outlawed it), graphic violence, firearms, spam/scams, bullying and harassment, and exploitation. There are lots of types of content that the platforms agree should be removed. But YouTube has deleted the video itself. This now leads to a situation where a Facebook group calling itself Holocaust Hoax links to a YouTube video.

Facebook allows posts that say the Holocaust is a hoax, but as of June 5, YouTube does not. Pinterest removes anti-vaccination content altogether, while Facebook argues that “cutting distribution” is enough. When it came to the doctored Nancy Pelosi video, Facebook decided to leave it up but add fact-checkers’ warnings, while YouTube took it down. It’s particularly confusing when different platforms come to different decisions about the same content. The Alarming Test Case for How Tech Companies Could Help Abortion ProsecutionsĮvery week, it seems, social networks are faced with some new dilemma about the speech they permit (or don’t). The Latest Tech Craze Might Be Dumber Than the Ones for Crypto and the Metaverse

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