Hi everyone Please join us on Thursday, August 7th at 9AM EST for the public webinar and launch event <https://cdt.org/event/interrogating-content-moderation-systems-in-indigenous-and-low-resource-languages-of-the-global-south/>, “Interrogating content moderation systems in indigenous and low-resource languages of the Global South.” While there is a growing body of research on content moderation systems and their impacts, much of this research approaches the problem with a Western lens. This webinar will discuss results from a recently concluded Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) research project which examined these issues using four case studies: Maghrebi Arabic <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-maghrebi-arabic-content-on-social-media/>, Kiswahili <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-kiswahili-content-on-social-media/>, Tamil <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-tamil-content-on-social-media/>, and Quechua <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-quechua-content-on-social-media/>. We present an overview of our findings <https://cdt.org/insights/content-moderation-in-the-global-south-a-comparative-study-of-four-low-resource-languages/> and recommendations for how content moderation systems could better function for populations that post in low-resource and indigenous languages. We also examine the capabilities and limitations of using large language models as part of those systems. To explore these themes in more detail the webinar will feature a series of one on one conversations between CDT researchers and civil society representatives from the Global South. Live interpretation will be available in English, Swahili, Arabic, and Spanish. This event is a great opportunity to learn more and discuss how we can make content moderation on social media more equitable across languages. RSVP required <https://cdt.org/event/interrogating-content-moderation-systems-in-indigenous-and-low-resource-languages-of-the-global-south/> . Featured Speakers: - Aliya Bhatia <https://cdt.org/staff/aliya-bhatia/>, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy & Technology - Amrita Sengupta <https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrita-sengupta-she-her-18b87289/>, BRICS Fellow & Former Research and Program Lead, Centre for Internet and Society (India) - DeVan Hankerson Madrigal <https://cdt.org/staff/devan-hankerson-madrigal/>, Research Manager, Center for Democracy & Technology - Dhanaraj Thakur <https://cdt.org/staff/dhanaraj-thakur/>, Research Director, Center for Democracy & Technology - Dilmar Villena <https://hiperderecho.org/equipo/>, Executive Director, Hiperderecho (Peru) - Emna Mizouni <https://emnamizouni.com/>, Founder CEO, Digital Citizenship (Tunisia) - Miriam Beatrice Wanjiru <https://paradigmhq.org/team/miriam-beatrice-wanjiru/>, Program Officer, Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria) - Mona Elswah <https://cdt.org/staff/mona-elswah/>, Lecturer in Digital Media Governance, University of Exeter & Former CDT Project Fellow Regards, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |* cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* dthakur@cdt.org | +1 202 407 8849