Over the past days, I have fielded many questions asking about commercial content moderation work during the global coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. There are many aspects to consider, including location, logistics and infrastructure, legal worker protections, and state-level actions. As I have written and rewritten this article, I have needed to repeatedly come back to update this article based on changing circumstances. At this point, the evening of March 17, I will not fundamentally change it but will continue to update it until it goes to press. My heart goes out to all of those around the world who are touched by this disease: all of us
A small gathering at UCLA last week, in what we could not know at the time was likely to be the last of its kind for most of us for the foreseeable future, a group of scholars at all levels of career and life gathered with community activists, artists and others to respond to a conversation curated by Professor Patrik Svensson under the aegis of Humane Infrastructures, an appropriate context for what we were about to collectively experience, despite assuredly not having been on the horizon during the event’s planning.