Social Media as Fragile State

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dc.contributor.authorHaythornthwaite, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorMai, Philip
dc.contributor.authorGruzd, Anatoliy
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:38:34Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:38:34Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2024.297
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.otherf91a401f-ef76-4144-bf4b-8f9e88976296
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/106679
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCulture, Identity, and Inclusion
dc.subjectcontent moderation
dc.subjectfragile state
dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.subjectplatform governance
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.titleSocial Media as Fragile State
dc.typeConference Paper
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.abstractSocial media platforms are grappling with how to respond to hate speech, misinformation, and political manipulation in ways that address human rights, free speech, and equality. As independent ‘states’, they are enacting their own rules of conduct, deriving their own ‘laws’, convening their own extrajudicial self-regulatory institutions, and making their own interpretations and enactments of human rights. With the rise of social states such as Facebook, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit, how fragile are they in their ability to achieve outcomes of fair, equitable and consistent application of their own laws? Could an assessment of the fragility of these social states help identify areas of focus for stability in design, use and operation of social media platforms? What indicators would measure such fragility? This paper draws on the Fund For Peace Fragility State Index for parallels in social media to detail, measure and understand issues of platform precariousness, governance, and support of human rights.
dcterms.extent10 pages
prism.startingpage2443

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