We meet twice a month synchronously on Zoom to discuss a pre-read philosophical text which relates to content moderation and/or social media. A summary of the synchronous discussion is then posted on our Discord channel by the organizer, and the discussion continues asynchronously there. When available, the author(s) of the text join us on Zoom and/or Discord.
The texts to be discussed and the login information for Zoom and Discord are sent to members of the community via a mailing list.
Spring 2023 Schedule (PST)
January 13, 12pm - Introductory Meeting and Social.
January 20, 12pm - Regina Rini and Leah Cohen. “Deepfakes, Deep Harms.” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. 2022.
February 3, 12pm - Michael Randall Barnes. “Online Extremism, AI and (Human) Content Moderation.” Feminist Philosophical Quarterly. 2022.
February 17, 12pm - Neil Levy. “Echoes of Covid Misinformation.” Philosophical Psychology. 2021.
March 10, 12pm - Megan Fritts & Frank Cabrera. “Fake News and Epistemic Vice: Combating a Uniquely Noxious Market.” Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 2022.
March 17, 12pm - Andrew I. Cohen and Andrew J. Cohen. “The Possibility and Defensibility of Nonstate ‘Censorship.’” In J.P. Messina. New Directions in the Ethics and Politics of Speech. London: Routledge. 2022.
March 31, 12pm - Evelyn Douek. “Content Moderation as Systems Thinking.” Harvard Law Review. 2022.
April 14, 12pm - Raphael Millière. “Deep Learning and Synthetic Media.” Synthese. 2022.
April 28, 12pm - Matthew Shields. “Rethinking Conspiracy Theories.” Synthese. 2022.
May 12, 12pm - Claire Benn and Seth Lazar. What’s Wrong With Automated Influence? Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 2022.
May 26, 12pm - Ugur Aytac. Digital Domination: Social Media and Contestatory Democracy. Political Studies. 2022.
June 2, 12pm - Planning for Fall 2023 and End of Term Social
The art above was made on Dall-E. “A painting of a discussion group about content moderation meeting on Zoom, in the style of Marc Chagall.”