The Psychology and Law of Content Moderation: Guest Lecture

Description

This lecture and activity explores how both psychology and law shape modern content moderation practices on the internet. Students will examine how existing legal frameworks like Section 230 affect moderation behavior, while questioning what assumptions these laws make about human behavior.

Learning objectives

• Understand and analyze how content moderation decisions are made.
• Compare and contrast how social scientists and legal scholars approach the issue of online content moderation.

Welcome!

Overview

Topic	Materials
What is content moderation? Legal frameworks: Section 230	Link
Psychology of Content Moderation	Link
Activity: Become a Content Moderator!	Link
Worksheet: Reflection & Discussion	Link

People

Emma Marshall is a graduate student in the Law-Psychology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Learn more at emmarshall.com.