[Air-L] Santa Clara Principles update & consultation

[Nicolas Suzor]

Hi friends! [ And with standard apologies for cross-posting. ]

I want to draw your attention to the consultation process to update the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation: https://santaclaraprinciples.org/cfp/  

These principles have proved somewhat useful in getting tech companies to improve the information they provide to users about content takedowns under their Terms of Service. EFF had a list in 2019 of major platforms that had at least partially adopted them: https://www.eff.org/wp/who-has-your-back-2019

There's going to be a big revision process over the next year, and the first stage is to hear from advocates and scholars working in the area. Any comments you can provide would be greatly appreciated (deadline is 30 June 2020). 

This consultation is an acknowledgement that the drafting of the initial principles was a relatively quick process by a small group of civil society advocates and scholars, and we left a lot of important voices out. The important thing for the next version is to make sure that they represent a more diverse set of views and address the major challenges that people have identified and are facing. So your input and expertise here would be really helpful. We'd also appreciate if you could circulate the call for submissions to others who may be interested.

Any questions, let me know.


Nic

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Chief Investigator, QUT Digital Media Research Centre: http://www.qut.edu.au/research/dmrc  
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