Most social media platforms implement content moderation to address interpersonal harms
such as harassment. Content moderation relies on offender-centered, punitive approaches …

Following a host of high-profile scandals, the political influence of platform companies (the
global corporations that that operate online 'platforms' such as Facebook, WhatsApp …

Deplatforming refers to the permanent ban of controversial public figures with large
followings on social media sites. In recent years, platforms like Facebook, Twitter and …

Media systems have changed significantly as a result of the development of information
technologies. However, typologies of media systems that incorporate aspects of …

This article describes domestic violence as a key context of online misogyny, foregrounding
the role of digital media in mediating, coordinating, and regulating it; and proposing an …

Recommender systems are the algorithms which select, filter, and personalize content
across many of the world's largest platforms and apps. As such, their positive and negative …

When posts are removed on a social media platform, users may or may not receive an
explanation. What kinds of explanations are provided? Do those explanations matter? Using …

This article seeks to provide greater specificity to demands for transparency in the
commercial content moderation practices of digital platforms. We identify gaps in knowledge …

Thousands of users post on Reddit every day, but a fifth of all posts are removed. How do
users react to these removals? We conducted a survey of 907 Reddit users, asking them to …

Should social media platforms override a community's self-policing when it repeatedly break
rules? What actions can they consider? In light of this debate, platforms have begun …