My tweets

• Wed, 16:47: Today @rahaeli is talking Hard Problems in Terms of Service Enforcement. This should be good! #osb16
• Wed, 16:48: At the height, LJ had 5 million active users; this took 10 full time staff. @rahaeli #osb16
• Wed, 16:49: Terms of Service enforcement deals with a lot of legal stuff; talk to your lawyer if you're starting a platform. @rahaeli #osb16
• Wed, 16:51: Miller vs. California (US) is important b/c people will say your users' content is obscene; you should know what it means. @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 16:53: ToS has two use cases: covering your ass, or users hoping you can whack someone for them. @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 16:55: All ToS have "Don't Do That" clauses. @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 16:57: You have to enforce your ToS. Users will compare notes. Be consistent (though there will always be weird cases). @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 16:58: Doing ToS enforcement will screw with your empathy; you lose touch with what upsets normal people. @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 16:59: There are some super clear cut things. Those are clearly actionable, like child abuse, credible threats of harm. @rahaeli #OSB16
• Wed, 17:04: A lot of problems are not clear: harm reduction for eating disorders and self harm can touch language that might violate. @rahaeli #osb16

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