The report is the first of its kind in Denmark, and it focuses on both the amount and content of the many deleted comments on the Facebook pages of five Danish news media. [...] Selected results from the report “Digital freedom of expression and social media”: 1) Extensive deletion is taking place, since 6.2% of the comments on the Facebook pages of five Danish news media are being deleted. [...] Is it the job of the police, Facebook or the editor-in-chief of the media in question to keep tabs? We need an important democratic debate about the consequences of moderating our public digital conversation.” From death threats to ordinary comments The report “Digital freedom of expression and social media” investigates which comments are being deleted from the Facebook pages of five Danish media. [...] The study analyzes the deleted comments from a quantitative and a qualitative perspective and is the first of its kind in the world that is not done by Facebook itself. [...] Unfortunately, it is not possible to say precisely who is doing the deleting and why, but the results of the investigation indicate that the moderation practice of the various media has great importance for how much is being deleted.
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