New threats to society from free-speech social media platforms

Bär, Dominik; Pröllochs, Nicolas and Feuerriegel, Stefan (2023): New threats to society from free-speech social media platforms. arXiv

Abstract

In recent years, several free-speech social media platforms (so-called "alt-techs") have emerged, such as Parler, Gab, and Telegram. These platforms market themselves as alternatives to mainstream social media and proclaim "free-speech" due to the absence of content moderation, which has been attracting a large base of partisan users, extremists, and supporters of conspiracy theories. In this comment, we discuss some of the threats that emerge from such social media platforms and call for more policy efforts directed at understanding and countering the risks for society.

• Item Type: Paper
• Keywords: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences, Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Künstliche Intelligenz (cs.KI)
• Faculties: Munich School of Management > Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management
• Subjects: 000 Computer science, information and general works > 000 Computer science, knowledge, and systems
• Language: English