Automated Content Moderation: Copyright and Controversial Content - Webinar 6th December 2021: Presentations

This webinar took place on 6th December 2021. It addressed the current status and future avenues in automated content moderation with a focus on copyright, and its implications for cultural diversity and access.  

In particular, the webinar provided attendants with an overview, update, and critical discussion of the following key topics: 

• Overview of the platforms’ deployment of automated content moderation systems with a focus on copyright;  
• Learnings from the implications of automated content moderation systems for copyright and other forms of contested content such as hate speech; 
• Discussion of implications for diversity and access to culture; 
• Options and challenges in researching automated content moderation and its implications; 
• Potential avenues for (automated) content moderation in the context of current EU regulation and its implications for diversity and access to culture.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 870626.