Program
Wednesday, September 6
Location: Student Project House
Thursday, September 7
Location: ETH Zurich Zentrum Campus, ML Building, Room M12
Session 1
Hate speech detection
Time: 09:15-10:30
Room: ML E12
Chair: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Speakers:
- external page Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich): Social attitudes and natural language
- external page Karsten Donnay (University of Zurich): Reliable detection of online hate speech
Session 2
Countering hate speech
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Room: ML E12
Chair: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zürich)
Speakers:
- external page Gloria Gennaro (University College London): Online hate speech - and how to counter it
- external page Rafael Jimenez (Bocconi University): Content moderation through an economic lens
Session 3
Strengthening public discourse
Time: 14:15 - 15:30
Room: ML E12
Chair: external page Elliott Ash
Speakers:
- external page Ruben Enikolopov (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Social media and xenophobia: evidence from Russia
- external page Lena Song (Columbia University): Public reason in the online public square: automating legal accessibility
Session 4
Responsible research with AI
Time: 16:00 - 17:15
Room: ML E12
Chair: external page Benjamin Arold
Speakers:
- external page Drew Dimmery (University of Vienna): Social science without generalization?
- external page Fabrizio Gilardi (University of Zurich): Can AI improve public discourse?
Panel discussion
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Room: ML E12
Moderator: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Speakers:
- external page Gloria Gennaro (University College London)
- external page Yoel Roth (UC Berkeley)
- external page Joshua Tucker (New York University)
Friday, September 8
Location: ETH Zurich Zentrum Campus, HG Building, Audi Max
Session 5
From research to implementation
Time: 09:15-10:30
Room: Audi Max (HG F30)
Chair: external page Philine Widmer
Speakers:
- external page Andy Guess (Princeton University): News credibility labels and quality of news consumption
- external page Laura Bronner (ETH Zurich): Does user registration for online comments improve discourse?
Session 6
From research to implementation
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Room: Audi Max (HG F30)
Chair: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Speakers:
- external page Yoel Roth (UC Berkeley, formerly Twitter Head of Trust & Safety): Transparency rules of platforms and implications for moderation
- external page Joshua Tucker (New York University): What did we learn about social media and political polarization from the U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study?