A look at the challenge of moderating livestreams for children and vulnerable users, even if age verification can be improved and privacy concerns addressed
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : Tweets: @mabsoud , @jimpethokoukis , @aadilbrar , @mr_james_c , @cristinacriddle , and @mattnavarra Tweets: Michael Absoud / @mabsoud : “During the pandemic, the [US Homeland Security] department saw a rise in livestreaming crimes as lockdowns caused more children to be online than usual, giving suspects more access to children” https://www.ft.com/... James Pethokoukis / @jimpethokoukis : The real-time nature of livestream “quickly balloons the sheer number of hours of content beyond the scope of what even a large company can do”, says Kevin Guo, CEO of AI content moderation company Hive. “Even Facebook can't possibly moderate that much.” https://www.ft.com/... Aadil Brar / @aadilbrar : A topic that China has battled for years. How to make live streams work? Can Big Tech make livestreams safe? https://www.ft.com/... @mr_james_c : ["Can Big Tech make livestreams safe?"] The definition of “safe” is rather elastic here. Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle : Social platforms are pushing live content, but the scale and fast-developing nature of the medium brings up unique and significant moderation challenges. I dig into them below 📰🎬 https://www.ft.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : Can TikTok, Meta make livestreams safe? A great explainer about how AI can help moderate livestreams... but it's far from perfect https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...