There is an ongoing debate about how to moderate toxic speech on social media and the impact of content moderation on … online discourse. This paper proposes and validates a methodology for measuring the content-moderation-induced distortions in … million US political Tweets, we find that removing toxic Tweets significantly alters the semantic composition of content. The …

The modern digital public sphere requires effective content moderation systems that balance the interests of states …

Statement of Reasons (SoRs) database to foster transparency and observability of platforms' content moderation practices. This … automation and territorial application of content moderation across the EU/EEA. By analysing 439 million SoRs from eight Very … Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), we find that the vast majority of content moderation decisions are enforced automatically …

This study examines the impact of advertising, firm-generated content (FGC), and user-generated content (UGC) on the … relationships between advertising, user-generated content (UGC), firm-generated content (FGC), and customers' propensity to buy. The … findings reveal that both advertising and firm-generated content (FGC) influence customers' propensity to buy. However, user …