Censorship in Moderation

Censorship is an important topic to understand. We live in a society today, that is driven by censorship and cancel culture and frankly, it has gotten out of control. Just like anything, censorship works best in moderation. Freedom of speech is very important, and we should not lose sight of that. With that being said,… Continue reading Censorship in Moderation

Tik-Tok’s Use of Censorship via Shadowban

Censorship is all around on every social media platform that we use. In many cases, there are many good reasons why censorship is used. Such as, the content might display something harmful or create a disturbance. However, there are many individuals who do not agree with censorship. After all, The U.S. created the First Amendment… Continue reading Tik-Tok’s Use of Censorship via Shadowban

Leave Your Bias at the Door: Solution to Offensive Speech Online

One of the proposed solutions that could be done about inflammatory or offensive speech on social media is banning and/or blocking individual people or companies at the hands of social networks based on any and all violations of their community guidelines. I feel that this solution has its advantages as well as its disadvantages that… Continue reading Leave Your Bias at the Door: Solution to Offensive Speech Online

YouTube and Twitter’s Community Moderated Censorship Method

In this short podcast, I discuss a method of censorship that I believe to be one of the most effective. This method is community moderated censorship. YouTube implemented this method around 2012 or 2014, and had a lot of trouble with it at first. People began to mass flag videos because they didn't agree with… Continue reading YouTube and Twitter’s Community Moderated Censorship Method