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Citation

Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring solutions to help platforms better address this form of expression

Author:
Matamoros-Fernández, Ariadna; Bartolo, Louisa; Troynar, Luke
Publication:
Internet Policy Review
Year:
2023

The policies and content moderation practices of social media companies are not well equipped to recognise how and when humour harms. All too-often, therefore, platforms take down important harmless humour while they fail to effectively moderate humour that sows division and hate.