The Ethics of Social Media: Why Content Moderation is a Moral Duty
This article defends platforms’ moral responsibility to moderate wrongful speech posted by users. Several duties together ground and shape this responsibility. First, platforms have duties to defend others from harm when they can do so at reasonable cost. Second, platforms have a moral dut...
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| Main Author: | Jeffrey Howard |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Michigan Publishing Services
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Practical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/6195/ |
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