..Da MODS!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003f2f
Documentary about the secret team of content moderators who clean the internet. Who are they, what criteria do they use, and where does content moderation end and censorship begin?
Should be interesting! Well, it will be, cos Storyville documentaries always are 🙂
Is it 'The Secret World of..... Clickbait Forum Topics'?
Cheers, will watch that with interest - I did a bit of work in moderation in recent years and it can be an eye-opening job sometimes, and pretty dull the other 95% of the time.
I did a bit of work in moderation
Everything in moderation. I love this language.
It's because it's the 30th anniversary of the web innit.
Is it ‘The Secret World of….. Clickbait Forum Topics’?
No, it's Da MODS.
What's ****ing normal then.
Short article in the back this weeks The Week. Seems like a 21st century sweatshop job that'll hollow you out then discard you to reassemble any remaining fragments of humanity by yourself.
Sounds about right.
Holy moly.. did anyone watch? I only caught the first 10 mins before mummy sent me to bed, but wow. From what I saw, it's no wonder that NZ scumbag managed to get his video online.
Watched the first hour.
Poor sods who have to do this.
To be able to look at a head and know what type of knife was used to sever it because you've been forced to watch so many videos of beheadings.
It's a shame it's not cheaper to have AI's do the work than humans in a lot of ways.
Equally - the lines between art/comment/voyeurism/radicalisation is a difficult one and reflecting cultural differences on a global platform is difficult.
The example of Turkey is also a good one - we may feel there is too much overt and covert censorship of what goes on there but they have laws that control it, how woudl we feel if Facebook ignored UK law when deciding what was acceptable?
A difficult watch in a lot of ways and the large social media companies have a lot of work to do to better manage the content they present to us - they can't continue to say 'we're a platform not a content creator' and wash their hands of the issues that occur.
The NZ shootings are a classic example. Although the fact that 200 people watched it live *and none of them reported it* is pretty worrying.
Guardian view here
It really is disturbing, in so many ways.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/world/australia/social-media-law.html
"Australia Passes Law to Punish Social Media Companies for Violent Posts"
Facebook better employ a whole lot more Fillipinos. Maybe they can blame them if stuff gets through the net then.
Didn't watch the prog, but that Guardian article makes grim reading.
