J. Nathan Matias 🦣Apr 20, 2023

Should online stalkers who doggedly pursue and threaten women be held responsible for causing harm? Or if they won’t admit to intending harm should they be free of legal consequences, whatever the harm?

https://news.yahoo.com/constitutes-true-threat-online-major-194108644.html

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Show threadJ. Nathan Matias 🦣Apr 20, 2023

In oral arguments, Supreme Court justices asked a question that we can answer with science: do policies against harassment cause a chilling effect on freedom of expression?

In multiple large-scale field experiments, we have found that policies that restrict harmful speech actually increase the free exercise of speech rights.

Here's our latest data: https://citizensandtech.org/2022/08/harassment-prevention-across-communities/

Study Results: How well do harassment prevention interventions transfer between communities?

New findings across 3 communities reveal lessons about the effectiveness of social norms interventions across different communities.

Citizens and Technology Lab
Show threadHeidi Li Feldman
@natematias A fascinating study, filled with interesting data. @jaz
Apr 21, 2023 at 2:06amToot!
Show threadjaz  Apr 21, 2023
@heidilifeldman @natematias thanks for the cc 👍 We've been talking with Nathan and others on how to find ways to connect amazing research like this to the people and tools on the front line of community management, I'm happy to say we're moving ahead and will be announcing the activity soon!
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanApr 21, 2023
@jaz Looking forward to hearing more. @natematias