Dear all, Please join us on December 4th, 2-4 pm, EET, for a Zoom discussion on sex and social media content moderation. (Talks will also be recorded for later viewing at https://www.dataintimacy.fi/en/events/) The problem with sex in social media Sexual content is moderated on most social media platforms. At the same time, the diverse shapes that sexual content takes and the multiple roles that sexuality plays in the everyday lives of social media users mean that this no simple issue. Our seminar brings together an international group of experts to address the different stakes involved in publishing and moderating sexual content in social media. Speakers include a representative of Facebook, a scholar exploring sexual cultures in social media, and a sexual education expert working in public health. Moving from the overall rationale of social media community standards to the perceived value of sexual communication and questions connected to sexual rights, we ask why, how and where sex poses a problem and what social consequences all this entails. Christine Grahn: How community standards work Grahn is Facebook’ Public policy manager, Finland, since almost 6 years. Before that, she worked in the Swedish Government Offices, as well as the European Parliament Katrin Tiidenberg: Sex and platform power Tiidenberg is a social media researcher working at the Baltic Film and Media School of Tallinn University in Estonia. Her most recent books include Sex and Social Media (written with Emily van der Nagel) and Metaphors of Internet (edited with Annette Markham). Nalubega Ross: Sexual Rights and Digital Intimacies: A proposed framework for intimate exchanges online Ross is a researcher at Arizona State University studying the multiple contexts in which refugees have to learn about sex and how this affects sexual and reproductive lives. Followed by discussion. Join us through Zoom Meeting ID: 664 5076 3084 Join by SIP 66450763084@109.105.112.236 66450763084@109.105.112.235 Join by H.323 109.105.112.236 109.105.112.235 Meeting ID: 664 5076 3084 The talks will be recorded for later access at https://www.dataintimacy.fi/en/events/ The seminar is organized by IDA – Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture (2019-2022/25), a research consortium funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland exploring different vulnerabilities connected to data culture, the shapes that intimacies take in networked exchanges, and the avenues available for building a more just and open data economy. https://www.dataintimacy.fi/en bests, Susanna -------------------------- Susanna Paasonen Professor of Media Studies University of Turku <suspaa@utu.fi>