*Content Moderation and Its Discontents* Organised by Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) St. Mary’s University, 23 June 2023, 9.30am-6.20pm BST Shannon 1 + 2 and Zoom Registration: https://forms.gle/xAjVJETThdNxDuJRA *Conference Programme * *9-9.45am Registration and coffee 9.45am Introduction * Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) *10-11.20am Harassment and hate speech* Thi Gammon (King’s College London) - Hate content and online shaming of showbiz celebrities in Vietnam: The case study of Tran Thanh Eirliani Abdul Rahman (Harvard University) - “You all belong in jail!” – Stochastic harassment on Twitter Elizabeth Farries and Eugenia Siapera (UCD Centre for Digital Policy) - Platformed misogyny and the limits of regulation: Cancel culture and shadow banning *11.30am-12.30pm Keynote* Phoebe Moore and Peter Bloom (University of Essex) - The new normal: Content moderation during and after the Pandemic 12.30-2pm Lunch *2-3.20pm Frameworks and methods* Gergely Gosztonyi (Eötvös Loránd University) and Gergely Ferenc Lendvai (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) - “Censored, cancelled, annulled” – A comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the legal implications and regulatory framework regarding censorship and cancel culture Yang Yu (Tsinghua University), Yan Lu (Tsinghua University) and Wei Ming Ye (Peking University) - Audit the account deletion's impact on compliant users on social media Emillie V. de Keulenaar (University of Groningen) - After deplatforming: The return of trace research for the study of platform effects 3.20-3.40pm Coffee break *3.40-5pm Psychoanalytic approaches* Marilyn Charles (Austen Riggs Center) - Tyranny of the shoulds: The press towards conformity Greta Kaluzeviciute (Vilnius University) - Digital archeo-analysis: ‘Digging’ past reflections, ‘shaping’ present narratives Clint Burnham (Simon Fraser University) - From shitstorm to Schmittstorm: Or, no, there still is no big Other *5pm-6.20pm Case studies* Max Lasse Schaefer (University of Edinburgh) - How is evidence presented and formed in an incel echo chamber? Klara Avsec (Lund University) - Deplatforming and competitive victimhood Alois Sieben (Simon Fraser University) - Infinite intimacy: The Möbius strip of content in Mary South’s “You Will Never Be Forgotten” 6.20pm Wine reception and dinner