[Air-L] [INVITATION] CDT Webinar: Content Moderation Systems in Indigenous & Low-Resource Languages of the Global South

[Dhanaraj Thakur]

Hi everyone

Please join us on Thursday, August 7th at 9AM EST for the public webinar
and launch event
<https://cdt.org/event/interrogating-content-moderation-systems-in-indigenous-and-low-resource-languages-of-the-global-south/>,
“Interrogating content moderation systems in indigenous and low-resource
languages of the Global South.”

While there is a growing body of research on content moderation systems and
their impacts, much of this research approaches the problem with a Western
lens. This webinar will discuss results from a recently concluded Center
for Democracy & Technology (CDT) research project which examined these
issues using four case studies: Maghrebi Arabic
<https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-maghrebi-arabic-content-on-social-media/>,
Kiswahili
<https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-kiswahili-content-on-social-media/>,
Tamil <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-tamil-content-on-social-media/>,
and Quechua
<https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-quechua-content-on-social-media/>. We
present an overview of our findings
<https://cdt.org/insights/content-moderation-in-the-global-south-a-comparative-study-of-four-low-resource-languages/>
and recommendations for how content moderation systems could better
function for populations that post in low-resource and indigenous
languages. We also examine the capabilities and limitations of using large
language models as part of those systems.

To explore these themes in more detail the webinar will feature a series of
one on one conversations between CDT researchers and civil society
representatives from the Global South. Live interpretation will be
available in English, Swahili, Arabic, and Spanish.

This event is a great opportunity to learn more and discuss how we can make
content moderation on social media more equitable across languages. RSVP
required
<https://cdt.org/event/interrogating-content-moderation-systems-in-indigenous-and-low-resource-languages-of-the-global-south/>
.

Featured Speakers:

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   Aliya Bhatia <https://cdt.org/staff/aliya-bhatia/>, Senior Policy
   Analyst, Center for Democracy & Technology
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   Amrita Sengupta
   <https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrita-sengupta-she-her-18b87289/>, BRICS
   Fellow & Former Research and Program Lead, Centre for Internet and Society
   (India)
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   DeVan Hankerson Madrigal
   <https://cdt.org/staff/devan-hankerson-madrigal/>, Research Manager,
   Center for Democracy & Technology
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   Dhanaraj Thakur <https://cdt.org/staff/dhanaraj-thakur/>, Research
   Director, Center for Democracy & Technology
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   Dilmar Villena <https://hiperderecho.org/equipo/>, Executive Director,
   Hiperderecho (Peru)
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   Emna Mizouni <https://emnamizouni.com/>, Founder CEO, Digital
   Citizenship (Tunisia)
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   Miriam Beatrice Wanjiru
   <https://paradigmhq.org/team/miriam-beatrice-wanjiru/>, Program Officer,
   Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria)
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   Mona Elswah <https://cdt.org/staff/mona-elswah/>, Lecturer in Digital
   Media Governance, University of Exeter & Former CDT Project Fellow



Regards,

Dhanaraj


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*Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director
Center for Democracy & Technology |* cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>*
dthakur at cdt.org | +1 202 407 8849