Author: Daria Dergacheva
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One Day in Content Moderation: Analyzing 24 h of Social Media Platforms’ Content Decisions through the DSA Transparency Database
We have examined one day of content moderation by social media platforms in the EU. This report examines how social media platforms moderated user content over a single day. It analyzes whether decisions were automated or manual, the visibility measures applied, and which content categories were most subject to moderation by specific platforms on that…
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Platforms overwhelmingly use automated content moderation, first DSA transparency reports show
November 6th 2023 was the first deadline for platforms categorised as “Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs)” by the EU to deliver their transparency reports. The EU’s new Digital Services Act (DSA) demands VLOPs to publish these twice a year, containing standardized information about the number of users and aggregated numbers of content moderation decisions taken…
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X (formerly Twitter) softens its violent speech policy
On the 25th of October 2023, the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, made changes in their global Community Guidelines policy. According to the Platform Governance Archive, a data depository which automatically tracks policy changes on 18 platforms, X significantly softened its violent speech policy. In 2023, violent speech is defined by X (and…
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PGMT Submission to EU Consultation on Data Access for Research
As part of the implementation of the Digital Services Act, the EU Commission run a consultation on data access for research. We at PGMT made a joint submission in response to the Call for Evidence of the European Commission on the Delegated Regulation on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act (DSA), led by PGMT…