In this episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast - Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Jonathan May, Research Team Lead at Information Sciences Institute - University of Southern California on the toxicity on social media, how understanding context is essential to reduce toxicity on social media, and about USC's work on fixing toxicity online.

Jonathan May's work in language and learning (00:00)
Scaling creative dialogue and moderation (03:54)
Context in conversations across cultures and geographies (08:38)
Extreme moderation and Human Intervention (11:30)
How languages evolve (13:15)
Why USC chose to fix toxicity online (15:11)
How academic institutes work with the tech industry (17:13)

Broadcast on:

20 Oct 2022