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S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

Released Tuesday, 2nd June 2020
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S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

Tuesday, 2nd June 2020
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The week after the George Floyd riots, we look at the question of morality and social media. Morality is hard concept to grasp, at an age of immediate information transmission, hyper-virality, and mass manipulation. How are platform companies responding? We look at the four classes of responses: 1. rules based editing; 2. removal of a post; 3. flagging and 4. virality throttling.

But is it enough? How are decisions made? Does a Silicon Valley company need to think about the moral implications of its technology advances?

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