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arXiv:2302.01229 (cs)
[Submitted on 2 Feb 2023]

Title:New threats to society from free-speech social media platforms

Authors:Dominik Bär, Nicolas Pröllochs, Stefan Feuerriegel
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Abstract:In recent years, several free-speech social media platforms (so-called "alt-techs") have emerged, such as Parler, Gab, and Telegram. These platforms market themselves as alternatives to mainstream social media and proclaim "free-speech" due to the absence of content moderation, which has been attracting a large base of partisan users, extremists, and supporters of conspiracy theories. In this comment, we discuss some of the threats that emerge from such social media platforms and call for more policy efforts directed at understanding and countering the risks for society.
Subjects: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
Cite as: arXiv:2302.01229 [cs.SI]
  (or arXiv:2302.01229v1 [cs.SI] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2302.01229
Journal reference: Communications of the ACM 66 (10), 37 - 40 (2023)
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3587094

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From: Dominik Bär [view email]
[v1] Thu, 2 Feb 2023 17:08:12 UTC (62 KB)
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