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HCDE Distinguished Lecture: Yoel Roth, "Decentralizing online safety and security: The promises and perils of federated social media"

Years of sustained research, activism, regulatory intervention, and investment by civil society and technology platforms has helped bring about awareness of and some degree of control over the harmful externalities generated by social media platforms. As the social media landscape undergoes broad transformation for the first time in over a decade, with alternative platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads emerging where Twitter has receded, the temptation has been to celebrate the promise of these new services and their visions of alternative governance structures that empower consumers. Unfortunately, they also have many of the same affordances and propensities for harmful misuse as mainstream, while possessing few if any of the hard-won detection and moderation capabilities necessary to stop them. More troublingly, substantial technological, governance, and financial obstacles exist to developing these necessary functions. Drawing on empirical research into platform moderation capabilities, this talk di… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 332. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Human Centered Design & Engineering. Monday, May 6, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

HCDE Capstone Showcase

Join the University of Washington's Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our 2024 Capstone Showcase.  Judging hour: 3 - 4 p.m. (Open to students and guest judges only), Open showcase: 4 - 6 p.m. Student teams solve real-world problems through a human-centered lens. Projects are proposed by industry sponsors or driven by an interest from the students on the team. Questions? Contact Melissa Ewing, HCDE Outreach Manager, at mewing3@uw.edu. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Ballroom. Event Types: Exhibits. Event sponsors: Human Centered Design & Engineering. Friday, May 31, 2024, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu.