Disparate Content Moderation Mapping Social Justice Organisations Perspectives on Unequal Content Moderation Harms and the EU Platform Policy Debate

Through a series of expert interviews this report seeks to map several civil society perspectives on disparate content moderation. The aim is to deepen our understand-ing of how organisations working for the interests of or with marginalised groups: [1] conceptualise the causes and effects of disparate content moderation (downranking, shadowbanning, blocking or (refusal to) removing), and [2] relate to and are involved in the EU platform policy, specifically the Digital Services Act.
The hope is to contribute to centring perspectives that are not always the focus of the EU digital rights debate, and the DSA largely overlooks. In doing so, this project wants to help in charting out a course of action for academia and NGO’s that appreciates the intersectionality and unequal distribution of content moderation harms and is grounded in solidarity.