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Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring solutions to help platforms better address this form of expression

Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Louisa Bartolo, Luke Troynar

2023Internet Policy Review23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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