Protecting Public Figures Online: How Do Platforms and Regulators Define Public Figures?

IF 1.5 3区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION
Rob Cover, Nicola Henry, Joscelyn Gleave, Sharon Greenfield, Viktor Grechyn, Thuc Bao Huynh
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Abstract

Public figures are subject to higher rates of online abuse than other users in part because many digital platforms have significantly higher thresholds for intervening in cases of public figure abuse. Internationally, this higher rate of abuse has led to substantial impacts on public figures’ wellbeing and withdrawal from public life. This article presents findings from a study of platform policies to understand how platforms and policy stakeholders define public figures. Key findings included (a) public figures are ill-defined in platform policies, (b) policies often collapse distinctions between traditional public figures such as politicians and entertainers, emerging public figures such as influencers, and involuntary public figures such as a celebrity's family members; and (c) policies fail to acknowledge the diverse resources and institutional support enjoyed by different types of public figure. The article draws on applied cultural theory to unpack the challenges and consequences of inadequately defining public figures.
保护网络公众人物:平台和监管机构如何定义公众人物?
与其他用户相比,公众人物遭受网络侵权的比例更高,部分原因是许多数字平台对公众人物侵权案件的干预门槛要高得多。在国际上,这种较高的滥用率已导致公众人物的福祉受到严重影响,并退出公共生活。本文介绍了对平台政策的研究结果,以了解平台和政策利益相关者如何定义公众人物。主要发现包括:(a) 平台政策中对公众人物的定义不明确;(b) 政策往往无法区分传统公众人物(如政治家和艺人)、新兴公众人物(如影响力人物)和非自愿公众人物(如名人的家庭成员);(c) 政策未能承认不同类型的公众人物享有不同的资源和制度支持。文章借鉴应用文化理论,阐述了公众人物定义不当所带来的挑战和后果。
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