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Conversation at Keeton: Tarleton Gillespie: "Social Media, Free Speech, and the Politics of Platforms"

Monday, November 12, 2018 at 7:15pm to 8:15pm

William T. Keeton House, HP Jackson's apt G70
4 Forest Park Lane, Ithaca, NY

Who should get to decide what you and others post on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram?  In an age of fake news and hate speech, trolls and spam, are concerns with security and authenticity inevitably at odds with free speech?  This talk explores the practice and politics of content moderation, and shows how decisions taken by social media platforms increasingly shape the nature of individual and public expression in our online (and offline) worlds.

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