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DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, April 29th\, 2025\nTime: 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM CAT
 \nSince 2013\, the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF)\, formerly kn
 own as the Internet Freedom Forum (IFF)\, continues to set the tone as a s
 pace for discussion on global challenges regarding digital rights and incl
 usion. DRIF is an important platform where conversations on digital policy
  in the Global South are shaped\, policy directions debated\, and partners
 hips forged for action. DRIF hosts diverse skills and capacities for enhan
 cing digital rights and inclusion on the African continent and beyond. It 
 is a Paradigm Initiative (PIN) flagship platform for communities of practi
 ce around privacy\, affordable Internet\, increasing women’s access to dig
 ital tools\, Internet shutdowns and similar themes.\nEvery edition has a s
 pecial topic that provides an overarching theme to guide discussions and e
 ngagements. The forum draws representation from the government\, civil soc
 iety actors\, activists\, academia\, technologists\, and the private secto
 r to discuss diverse digital rights and inclusion themes. The forum also a
 ffords organisations the opportunity to launch tools\, research\, publicat
 ions\, platforms\, and networks.\nPanel: “Improving Equitable Content Mode
 ration in Africa”\nDescription: People who use social media in languages o
 ther than English are routinely subject to inequitable and inconsistent mo
 deration\, in part due to the lack of investment in language-specific and 
 regional content moderation particularly in the Majority World. A study co
 nducted by CDT looks into how Western and local companies pursue content m
 oderation in North and East Africa\, South Asia and Southeast Asia\, and S
 outh America. In a case study conducted on Kiswahili content moderation\, 
 we surface findings about the spread of misinformation and hate speech\, t
 he differences in moderation practices of Western social media services vs
 . local services\, and the harsh realities of content moderators which no 
 doubt impacts their well-being and moderation of services.\nThis panel ses
 sion will convene moderators\, researchers\, and civil society experts to 
 highlight findings from the Kiswahili case study\, illustrate comparisons 
 and differences from the other case studies published on the state of Magh
 rebi Arabic and Tamil content moderation systems\, and highlight opportuni
 ties for future research. Attendees will also leave the session with an un
 derstanding of how they can pursue similar research on notoriously opaque 
 processes such as content moderation.\nSession Host: Center for Democracy 
 &amp\; Technology\nCDT Featured Speaker:\n\nMona Elswah\, Project Fellow\,
  Content Moderation for Languages in the Global South\n\nMore Information
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SUMMARY:Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum
URL:https://cdt.org/event/digital-rights-and-inclusion-forum/
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