Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring solutions to help platforms better address this form of expression
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Louisa Bartolo, Luke Troynar
Abstract
The policies and content moderation practices of social media companies are not well equipped to recognise how and when humour harms. All too-often, therefore, platforms take down important harmless humour while they fail to effectively moderate humour that sows division and hate.
Topics & Concepts
ModerationSocial mediaExpression (computer science)Division (mathematics)Internet privacyContent (measure theory)PsychologySocial psychologyComputer scienceWorld Wide WebMathematicsProgramming languageArithmeticMathematical analysisHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionHumor Studies and ApplicationsFreedom of Expression and Defamation