Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
9 results found in content moderation.
- Algorithmic Moderation (Automated Moderation, AI Content Moderation)
- Algorithmic moderation refers to the use of automated systems, including machine learning models and rule-based filters, to identify, flag, rank, or remove content on digital platforms without direct …
- False Flagging (Malicious Flagging, Coordinated Flagging)
- False flagging refers to the submission of content reports on social media platforms made in bad faith — that is, flagging posts that do not actually violate platform guidelines in order to suppress, …
- Hate Speech
- Hate speech refers to expression that attacks, demeans, or calls for violence or discrimination against individuals or groups based on protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion, nati…
- Misinformation (Disinformation, Health Misinformation)
- Misinformation refers to false or inaccurate information that spreads through digital channels, regardless of whether the spread is intentional (disinformation) or unintentional. On social media platf…
- Personal Moderation (Self-Moderation, User-Controlled Moderation)
- Personal moderation refers to content moderation tools that allow individual users to control what content appears on their own feeds and experiences, as distinct from platform-level decisions that af…
- Platform Governance (Social Media Governance)
- Platform governance refers to the policies, rules, procedures, and technical mechanisms through which digital platforms regulate user behaviour, content, and participation. It encompasses both formal …
- Procedural Fairness (Procedural Justice)
- Procedural fairness (also called procedural justice) refers to the perceived fairness of the processes through which decisions are made, as distinct from the fairness of outcomes. In the context of di…
- Shadowban (Shadow-banning, Stealth Ban, Ghost Ban)
- Shadowbanning refers to the practice of secretly limiting or suppressing the visibility of a user's content or account on a social media platform without notifying the user that any action has been ta…
- Toxicity detection (Content toxicity scoring, Toxic speech detection)
- An NLP-based content moderation technique that assigns scores to text indicating the likelihood it is rude, disrespectful, or likely to make someone leave a conversation. Research has shown that toxic…