« DIMACS Workshop on Co-Development of Computer Science and Law: Content Moderation
May 11, 2022 - May 12, 2022
Location:
The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center
10 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
https://www.theheldrich.com/directions/
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Organizer(s):
Joan Feigenbaum, Yale University
Ellen Goodman, Rutgers University
David Karger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Pennock, DIMACS
As sophisticated computation has become essential in more and more fields of human endeavor, related interdisciplinary research has grown in importance and value. The interdisciplinary research area of computer science and law is one such area that has risen to prominence in the last two years. To make progress, researchers must co-develop computational techniques and legal principles, using the strengths of each approach to compensate for weaknesses in the other. Doing this requires building shared understanding, methodology, and vocabulary to improve communication and catalyze research across the two disciplines. Toward this goal, DIMACS held its first Workshop on Co-development of Computer Science and Law in November, 2020.
This second DIMACS workshop on the topic of co-development of computer science and law will continue the dialogue and grow the community. It will emphasize technology platform content moderation—a topic that sits squarely at the interface of the two disciplines and must address the fundamental tension between freedom of speech and truth in media. Content moderation poses massive technological challenges arising from the sheer volume of social media content, the imperfect nature of automated moderation, and the impracticality of manual moderation. The problem is equally daunting from a legal and constitutional perspective that must simultaneously address the rights and responsibilities of citizens, companies, organizations, law enforcement, and government.
The workshop invites participation of researchers reflecting a broad range of interests: computer scientists, statisticians, law scholars, and social scientists studying sociotechnical assemblages and their governance.
List of Speakers:
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Opening Remarks
Joan Feigenbaum, Yale University
Ellen Goodman, Rutgers University
David Karger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Pennock, DIMACS
The EU’s Digital Services Act through the Lens of Computer Science and Law (remote)
Joris van Hoboken, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Brussels
“Friction By Design” Platform Policy
Ellen Goodman, Rutgers University
Break
Gavin Sullivan, University of Edinburgh
A Systemization of Content Moderation in End-to-End Encryption
Sarah Scheffler, Princeton University
Lunch
Do Not Recommend: Reduction Techniques, as a Form of Moderation
Tarleton Gillespie, Microsoft Research and Cornell University
The Economic Underpinnings of Issues in Content Moderation
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Break
Tools for Governance on Online Social Platforms (remote)
Amy Zhang, University of Washington
Becca Rausch, Massachusetts State Senate
Break
Leveraging ML Models for Content Moderation: Equity Challenges (remote)
Nitesh Goyal, Google
Dinner (in Christopher’s Restaurant)
Thursday, May 12, 2022
An end to shadow banning? Content moderation transparency rights in the EU’s Digital Services Act
Paddy Leerssen, University of Amsterdam
Chilling Tales of Copyright and Digital Content Creation
Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado
Break
A Programming Language for Estates and Future Interests
James Grimmelmann, Cornell University
Theia Henderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Karger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Break
Moderating the Fediverse: Content Moderation on Distributed Social Media (remote)
Alan Rozenshtein, University of Minnesota
Concluding Discussion
Presentations at this event are by invitation. In-person attendance is by application or invitation, and the event will include a poster session. To apply to attend in-person or to submit a poster, please complete and submit this form by Sunday May 1. The form requests that you upload your CV in PDF format and (for poster submissions) provide the title and abstract for your poster or (for applications to attend without presenting a poster) a description of your interest in the topic. We regret that spaces are limited.
We ask that attendees adhere to DIMACS COVID-19 protocols. We ask that in-person attendees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and that they wear a mask in the lecture room and other crowded indoor spaces.
To attend remotely, please connect to the workshop Zoom session using this link:
Meeting ID: 959 0428 9140
Password: cslaw2022
This workshop is presented with support from the National Science Foundation under grant number SES-2043904. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the participant(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Please note that the registration below is for ONLINE attendance. To attend in person, you must request an invitation as described above.