When legislative, judicial and regulatory functions converge in technical infrastructure controlled by few actors, the system enhances those actors' power.

The people who teach AI the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable content earn $230 a month in Nairobi and Manila. The ...

Every election cycle, Washington convinces itself that this will be the moment voters finally come home. Republicans think frustrated Americans will sprint back to the GOP once Democrats take a stance ...

TikTok has officially closed its long-anticipated deal with the U.S., aiming to address government concerns with data security and content moderation. But for many creators, the closure does little to ...

I think I'm the only New Englander with all those heavy coats you guys are wearing.

In a recent commentary, professor and columnist Solomon D. Stevens called for moderation and compromise in our political discourse. These would be sound recommendations that I would strongly endorse ...

After watching our two political parties struggle to reopen the government, it is time to remind ourselves of the value of compromise. We all know that moderation is important in our personal lives.

Meta Platforms Inc.’s messaging service WhatsApp will face stricter rules under the European Union’s content moderation rulebook, as the bloc increases scrutiny of social media. The EU’s executive ...

TikTok plans to lay off several hundred staff in its London trust and safety department as part of a global reorganization to automate moderation tasks with AI. The layoffs come as the UK’s Online ...

Kevin decided on a career in content moderation after his YouTube recommendations took a bewildering swerve. In 2021, videos appeared on his feed depicting violent attacks by Boko Haram, a Nigerian ...

Through the perspective of an unflappable social-media content moderator, Elaine Castillo’s new novel exposes the often invisible dirty work of the digital era. By Rhoda Feng Rhoda Feng is a freelance ...