Chapter
The people behind Twitter's content moderation
26:29 - 35:43 (09:13)
In this podcast, Casey Newton and his colleague Zoe Schiffer share revealing details about their experiences researching the people and processes behind Twitter's content moderation, particularly during moments of controversy surrounding politics and hate speech.
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A former Facebook content moderator, who worked for a parent company of the website Man Hunt, explains to reporter Casey Newton and Zoe Schiffer of the Platformer newsletter, about the company's system of color coding and designating images and the challenges he faced while taking on some of the internet's most powerful individuals.
26:29 - 29:49 (03:20)
Summary
A former Facebook content moderator, who worked for a parent company of the website Man Hunt, explains to reporter Casey Newton and Zoe Schiffer of the Platformer newsletter, about the company's system of color coding and designating images and the challenges he faced while taking on some of the internet's most powerful individuals.
ChapterThe people behind Twitter's content moderation
Episode797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking
PodcastThis American Life
The podcast discusses how social media companies decide when to label tweets as problematic or not, using the example of Twitter labeling President Trump's tweet about mail-in ballots, as well as the complicated ethical issues that arise from this decision-making process.
29:49 - 35:43 (05:53)
Summary
The podcast discusses how social media companies decide when to label tweets as problematic or not, using the example of Twitter labeling President Trump's tweet about mail-in ballots, as well as the complicated ethical issues that arise from this decision-making process.