34th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE)
Professor Shaheen Shariff, James McGill Professor and Director of iMPACTS, was invited to be the keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE), taking place in Toronto, ON from April 28 to April 30, 2024.
Professor Shariff's presentation will be on "Navigating Contemporary Socio-Legal Controversies: Anti-Wokeism, Social Media Content Moderation, and Institutional Censorship in Educational Landscapes" and is tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 29th at 3:00pm.
During the conference, iMPACTS researchers Selene Coiffard-D'Amico (Research Assistant, McGill Faculty of Law) and Dr. Christopher Dietzel (Research Associate, McGill University) will also present on "Thresholds for Social Media Platforms' Responsibility toward Online Harms: A Comparative Legal Analysis," tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 29th at 1:15pm.
Abstract for "Thresholds for Social Media Platforms' Responsibility toward Online Harms: A Comparative Legal Analysis":
Sexual violence and discriminatory hate speech are prevalent on social media platforms and affect the health, wellbeing, and educational success of post-secondary students. How do social media companies’ content moderation policies respond to these harms? How do their policies comply with legal thresholds for platform responsibility in various jurisdictions? This presentation critically analyzes the content moderation policies of Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), and TikTok to understand their treatment of offensive online content. This presentation also examines platform compliance with legal thresholds and provides recommendations for mitigating online harms and promoting young adults’ safe social media use.
The schedule will be available on the conference website.
