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URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/digital-wildfires-how-can-we-limit-the-
 spread-of-harmful-content-on-social-media-2/
SUMMARY:Digital Wildfires: (How) can we limit the spread of harmful content
  on social media?
DESCRIPTION:\nProfessor Marina Jirotka and Dr Helena Webb\nIn 2013 the Worl
 d Economic Forum (WEF) released a report that described social media as a 
 global risk factor due to the dangers of ‘digital wildfires’. Digital 
 wildfires involve the rapid viral spread of content that is in some way ha
 rmful – rumours\, hate speech\, misinformation\, malicious campaigns etc
 . The status of hyper connectivity brought about by the contemporary popul
 arity of social media means that this content can spread to multiple other
 s in a very short period of time\, causing harm to individuals\, groups an
 d communities before other agencies – such as the police and traditional
  new media – can mobilise to counter it.\n\nIn response to the WEF repor
 t a team of researchers from the Universities of Oxford\, Warwick\, De Mon
 tfort and Cardiff conducted a study to investigate the risks posed by digi
 tal wildfires and identify ways in which the spread of harmful content on 
 social media may be managed\, limited or prevented. In this talk\, two mem
 bers of the team present the major findings of the study. Professor Jirotk
 a and Helena Webb describe how harmful content continues to spread rapidly
  across social media\, creating difficulties for agencies including the po
 lice\, the CPS\, councils\, news media\, social media platforms\, schools\
 , charities and anti-harassment and equality groups. They also describe th
 e limitations of legal frameworks in dealing with the vast amounts of cont
 ent posted on social media and highlight opportunities for user education\
 , engagement and user-self governance that can limit the spread of harmful
  content in real time whilst also upholding rights to freedom of speech. F
 inally\, they ask whether recent controversies over the spread of ‘fake 
 news’ and the work of Cambridge Analytica etc. might lead to changes in 
 the policies of social media platforms and therefore create further opport
 unities to address the viral spread of harmful content online.
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