Layla Taha (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Layla is a feminist researcher of digital rights tools. She is behind Zanga.tech, a platform for digital security tools designed for Arabic speakers in the MENA region, and is a volunteer translator with Localization Lab.
What can be done?
Given the concentration of big companies on community generated content online, content moderation should be localized, contextual, and user-driven. Ethically complex issues of content moderation should not be left to the discretion of algorithms.
Layla Taha
Middle East