Algorithmic Censorship of Online Visual Contents: Ethical, Political, and Economic Rationales [Ethische, politische oder ökonomische Gründe für, gegen oder bei der algorithmenbasierten Zensur bildlicher Inhalte in der Onine-Kommunikation]

Ortland, Eberhard

Forschungsartikel (Buchbeitrag) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

Censorship is neither good nor bad, as it can be used for both bad (suppressing certain opinions) and good purposes (e.g. protecting children from images detrimental to the child’s personal development). The central question is always who should decide according to which criteria under which circumstances which images may and which may not be shown? In view of both the increasing number of circulated images due to the increase of cameras, digital communication technologies generally, and conflicts regarding circulation and accessibility of certain images, this task is increasingly assigned to more or less automatic censorship algorithms. Concerning the moderation of visual contents, algorithms need supervision by accountable human moderators so long as they cannot cope with the pragmatics of “pictorial speech acts”, among other challenges.

Details zur Publikation

Herausgeber*innenDreier, Thomas; Andina, Tiziana
BuchtitelDigital Ethics: The Question of Images
Seitenbereich325-336
VerlagNomos
ErscheinungsortBaden-Baden
Titel der ReiheBild und Recht – Studien zur Regulierung des Visuellen
Nr. in Reihe11
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2022
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
ISBN978-3-8487-8841-5
DOI10.5771/9783748934011-323
Link zum Volltexthttps://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783748934011-323/chapter-18-algorithmic-censorship-of-online-visual-content-ethical-political-and-economic-rationales?page=1
StichwörterAlgorithmic Censorship; Upload-Filter; Online Communication; Freedom of Speech; Ethics of Copying

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Ortland, Eberhard
Professur für British Studies: Early Modern and Modern Texts (Prof. Stierstorfer)