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Joan Donovan. 7/1/2020. “You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work.” Wired. See full text.Abstract

Joan Donovan explains that the covid-19 infodemic has taught social media giants an important lesson: they must take action to control the content on their sites. 

For those who follow the politics of platforms, Monday’s great expulsion of malicious content creators was better late than never. For far too long, a very small contingent of extremely hateful content creators have used Silicon Valley’s love of the First Amendment to control the narrative on commercial content moderation. By labeling every effort to control their speech as “censorship,” these individuals and groups managed to create cover for their use of death threats, harassment, and other incitements to violence to silence opposition. For a long time, it has worked. Until now. In what looks like a coordinated purge by Twitch, Reddit, and YouTube, the reckoning is here for those who use racism and misogyny to gain attention and make money on social media.

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2020 Oct 01
The King is Dead/Long Live the King: Rethinking Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy in the Era of Black Lives Matter
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2020 Oct 15
Surveillance Capitalism
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2020 Dec 03
Social Movements and the Mattering of Black Lives
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2020 Sep 18
Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
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This webinar series, curated by Carr Center Fellow Keisha N. Blain, will feature social justice leaders working at the local, national, and international level. The series will highlight the work of leaders of color who are actively challenging racism and advancing human rights.
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• Laura Mae Lindo | Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre
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2020 Oct 02
Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
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This webinar series, curated by Carr Center Fellow Keisha N. Blain, will feature social justice leaders working at the local, national, and international level. The series will highlight the work of leaders of color who are actively challenging racism and advancing human rights.
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2020 Nov 13
Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
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• Barbara Smith | Co-founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press
• Dr. Keisha N. Blain (Moderator) | Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh; Fellow, Carr Center
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2021 Mar 05
Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
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• Deborah D. Douglas | Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism, DePauw University; senior leader, The OpEd Project
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2021 Apr 16
Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
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• Dr. Uché Blackstock | Founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity
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Situating Black Internationalism at Home and Abroad

August 31, 2020

Dr. Keisha N. Blain joins host Sushma Raman to discuss the historic context of Black internationalist movements both domestically and around the world.... Read more about Situating Black Internationalism at Home and Abroad

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