[SydPhil] Ethics of Content Moderation Workshop, Macquarie University, September 17

[Mark Alfano]

Dear colleagues,
The Macquarie University Ethics & Agency Research Centre is organising a
one-day interdisciplinary workshop on the ethics of content moderation.
This is a *hybrid workshop* (both in-person and online).
Date: *Tuesday, September 17*
Location: *Michael Kirby Building, 17 Wally’s Walk, 224 Moot Court*
*Link to Register:
**https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DdYACvl1rKiO56pAXfQf8CQkR3R?domain=eventbrite.com.au
<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DdYACvl1rKiO56pAXfQf8CQkR3R?domain=eventbrite.com.au>*
*Abstract*
Tech companies’ prerogative to formulate and enforce their own rules over
user-generated speech has resulted in a host of problems, ranging from
concerns about online discrimination and harassment to the spread of
misinformation/disinformation and conspiracy theories online. The digital
public sphere is now algorithmically produced and reproduced, often in ways
that we presently struggle to understand and theorise. This workshop aims
to take stock of these concerns to address questions such as:
1. What is online hate speech? What type of causal and/or constitutive
harms follow-on from online hate speech?
2. Are social media platforms morally obliged to censor or demote online
extreme speech (e.g., barring illegal speech and hate speech)?
3. How should recommendation systems be constructed to judicially allocate
the attentional resources of their users?
4. How do recommendation systems contribute to
misinformation/disinformation online?
6. Is platform governance an instance of international hybrid sovereignty?
If yes, how *ought* it to be justified?
*Schedule (tentative)*
9:20 – 9:30: Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country
9:30 – 10:35: Prof. Mark Andrejevic (Monash) + Dr. Annie Sandrussi
(commentary) + Q&A
10:35 – 11:05: Morning tea (in the cafeteria on level 2, 17WW)
11:05 – 12:00: Dr. William Tuckwell (Charles Sturt) + Q&A
12:00 – 12:55: Mr. Bhanuraj Kashyap (MQ) & Prof. Paul Formosa (MQ) + Q&A
12:55 – 2:00: Lunch (in the cafeteria on level 2, 17WW)
2:00 – 3:05: Prof. John Tasioulas (Oxford) + Dr. Paul-Mikhail Catapang
Podosky (commentary) + Q&A
3:05 – 3:45: Tea break (in the cafeteria on level 2, 17WW)
3:45 – 4:40: Dr. Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez (QUT) + Q&A
4:40 – 5:00: Final comments from Organisers, followed by a discussion

A detailed schedule along with abstracts will be emailed to attendees two
days prior to the workshop.
For any questions, please email the admin team at ethics.agency at mq.edu.au.
Thanks,
Organisers
(Bhanuraj Kashyap, Paul Formosa, Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky, & Ines
Hipolito)

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Mark Alfano
Philosophy, Macquarie University
www.alfanophilosophy.com
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