Content Moderation Practices to Advance Social Cohesion. #SocialMedia4Peace.

How to stop harmful content online, bring about peace and make social media companies more transparent about they responses to disinformation. Advocate for accountability and transparency in social media, at Havard HBS and Executive Director, ARTICLE 19 and more experts will examine pressing global issues of social media content governance.


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