Content Moderation

The systems, staff and policies platforms use to review, restrict, remove and restore user-posted content, including the appeal routes available to affected accounts.

Current clusters

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ISD counted 150 AI cartoon jihad videos on TikTok with 5.4 million views

ISD and Tech Against Terrorism describe cartoons and fan edits that carry no movement branding for a classifier to grab, which moves the moderation problem from known files to novel ones. TikTok disputes the methodology.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption45
Hype gap+22
Incentives70
Confidence55

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Extortionists are ransoming Instagram accounts for $50 because Meta's appeal takes weeks

Meta does not check who holds the rights before a strike lands, so a bogus claim costs nothing to file and weeks to reverse. One creator with 1.5 million followers paid $50 in crypto and was struck again immediately.

Publishers:bbc.co.uk

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption25
Hype gap+12
Incentives60
Confidence63