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Author: Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles

Sarah T. Roberts is assistant professor of information studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a 2018 Carnegie Fellow and a 2018 winner of the EFF Pioneer Award, and author of Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (2019).

Over*Flow: Digital Humanity: Social Media Content Moderation and the Global Tech Workforce in the COVID-19 Era
Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles

March 19, 2020 Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles 8 comments

Sarah T. Roberts considers the implications of the utilization of a global workforce for social media content moderation in the era of COVID-19.

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Section 230 as American Tech’s “Soft Power” Secret Weapon
Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles

November 28, 2019 Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles 4 comments

Analyzing recent Congressional testimony of social media and internet content firms, Sarah T. Roberts reveals the expanding “soft power” reach of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act of 1996.

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