Why social media can’t keep moderating content in the shadows | MIT Technology Review

Why social media can’t keep moderating content in the shadows | MIT Technology Review: Back in 2016, I could count on one hand the kinds of interventions that technology companies were willing to use to rid their platforms of misinformation, hate speech, and harassment. Over the years, crude mechanisms like blocking content and banning accounts have morphed into a more complex set of tools, including quarantining topics, removing posts…