Recent concerns over abusive behavior on their platforms have pressured social media
companies to strengthen their content moderation policies. However, user opinions on these …

Reddit administrators have generally struggled to prevent or contain such discourse for
several reasons including:(1) the inability for a handful of human administrators to track and …

Prior research on transparency in content moderation has demonstrated the benefits of
offering post-removal explanations to sanctioned users. In this paper, we examine whether …

In the current landscape of online abuses and harms, effective content moderation is
necessary to cultivate safe and inclusive online spaces. Yet, the effectiveness of many …

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 …

Most platforms, including Reddit, face a dilemma when applying interventions such as
subreddit bans to toxic communities—do they risk angering their user base by proactively …

Concerns over the spread of abusive content in social media have led online platforms to
explore large scale community-level forms of moderation. As an alternative to full bans …

Content moderation is the process of flagging content based on pre-defined platform rules.
There has been a growing need for AI moderators to safeguard users as well as protect the …

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 …

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 …