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ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

Proactive Moderation of Online Discussions: Existing Practices and the Potential for Algorithmic Support

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Human moderators may intervene to stop users from posting offensive content, but proactive intervention is labor intensive. Algorithmic tools help moderators identify problematic conversations on a large scale.

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Charlotte Schluger

 Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

 Jonathan P. Chang

Jonathan P. Chang
ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey

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A survey of thousands of firms helps economists understand the spread of advanced technologies such as robotics. Advanced technologies are often used for automation, and generally improves productivity.

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Cathy Buffington

Cathy Buffington

David N. Beede

David N. Beede

Emin Dinlersoz

Emin Dinlersoz

Eric E. Childress

Eric E. Childress

Gary W. Anderson

Gary W. Anderson

John C. Haltiwanger

John C. Haltiwanger

Lucia S. Foster

Lucia S. Foster

Nathan Goldschlag

Nathan Goldschlag

Nikolas Zolas

Nikolas Zolas

 Pascual Restrepo

Pascual Restrepo

Zachary Kroff

Zachary Kroff
ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

Online Public Health Misinformation, and How to Tame It

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Public health misinformation (PHM) causes substantial harm. Online platforms’ efforts to combat PHM are not sufficiently effective. “Soft” regulation such as governmental codes of conduct could help control PHM.

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 Tomer Kenneth

Tomer Kenneth