The Research Showcase will be starting in about 30 minutes. On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:24 PM Janna Layton <jlay...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello all, > > The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be on Wednesday, November 17, at > 17:30 UTC (9:30am PST/12:30pm EST/ 18:30 CET). The topic is content > moderation. > > Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3xesDkp2o > > > *Amy S. Bruckman (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)Is Deplatforming > Censorship? What happened when controversial figures were deplatformed, > with philosophical musings on the nature of free speech* > > Abstract: When a controversial figure is deplatformed, what happens to > their online influence? In this talk, first, I’ll present results from a > study of the deplatforming from Twitter of three figures who repeatedly > broke platform rules (Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Owen Benjamin). > Second, I’ll discuss what happened when this study was on the front page of > Reddit, and the range of angry reactions from people who say that they’re > in favor of “free speech.” I’ll explore the nature of free speech, and why > our current speech regulation framework is fundamentally broken. Finally, > I’ll conclude with thoughts on the strength of Wikipedia’s model in > contrast to other platforms, and highlight opportunities for improvement. > > > *Nathan TeBlunthuis (University of Washington / Northwestern University, > USA)Effects of Algorithmic Flagging on Fairness. Quasi-experimental > Evidence from Wikipedia* > > Abstract: Online community moderators often rely on social signals such as > whether or not a user has an account or a profile page as clues that users > may cause problems. Reliance on these clues can lead to "overprofiling bias > when moderators focus on these signals but overlook the misbehavior of > others. We propose that algorithmic flagging systems deployed to improve > the efficiency of moderation work can also make moderation actions more > fair to these users by reducing reliance on social signals and making norm > violations by everyone else more visible. We analyze moderator behavior in > Wikipedia as mediated by RCFilters, a system which displays social signals > and algorithmic flags, and estimate the causal effect of being flagged on > moderator actions. We show that algorithmically flagged edits are reverted > more often, especially those by established editors with positive social > signals, and that flagging decreases the likelihood that moderation actions > will be undone. Our results suggest that algorithmic flagging systems can > lead to increased fairness in some contexts but that the relationship is > complex and contingent. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase > > -- > Janna Layton (she/her) > Administrative Associate - Product & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Janna Layton (she/her) Administrative Associate - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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