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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210666120
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moral dilemma; harmful content; online speech; content moderation; conjoint experiment
In online content moderation, protecting freedom of expression and preventing harm are conflicting values. Little is known about people's judgments and preferences in content moderation. We conducted a survey experiment with US respondents to understand their attitudes towards problematic social media posts on various topics. The majority prioritize removing harmful misinformation over protecting free speech. Partisan differences were observed, with Republicans being less willing to remove posts or penalize accounts across all scenarios. Our findings can inform the design of transparent content moderation rules for harmful misinformation.
In online content moderation, two key values may come into conflict: protecting freedom of expression and preventing harm. Robust rules based in part on how citizens think about these moral dilemmas are necessary to deal with this conflict in a principled way, yet little is known about people's judgments and preferences around content moderation. We examined such moral dilemmas in a conjoint survey experiment where US respondents (N = 2, 564) indicated whether they would remove problematic social media posts on election denial, antivaccination, Holocaust denial, and climate change denial and whether they would take punitive action against the accounts. Respondents were shown key information about the user and their post as well as the consequences of the misinformation. The majority preferred quashing harmful misinformation over protecting free speech. Respondents were more reluctant to suspend accounts than to remove posts and more likely to do either if the harmful consequences of the misinformation were severe or if sharing it was a repeated offense. Features related to the account itself (the person behind the account, their partisanship, and number of followers) had little to no effect on respondents' decisions. Content moderation of harmful misinformation was a partisan issue: Across all four scenarios, Republicans were consistently less willing than Democrats or independents to remove posts or penalize the accounts that posted them. Our results can inform the design of transparent rules for content moderation of harmful misinformation.
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