Social Media Censorship in Times of Political Unrest - A Social Simulation Experiment with the UK Riots
Social Media Censorship in Times of Political Unrest - A Social Simulation Experiment with the UK Riots
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政治动荡时期的社交媒体审查——英国骚乱的社会模拟实验
DOI：
10.1177/0759106312445697
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发表时间：
2012
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Paola Tubaro
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作者：
Antonio A. Casilli;Paola Tubaro
在2011年的政治动荡浪潮之后，从阿拉伯之春到英国骚乱，围绕互联网审查的广泛共识正在形成。本文件采用社会模拟方法，以表明在动乱局势中“管制”、过滤或审查社交媒体的决定改变了民间抗议的模式，并最终导致更高程度的暴力。在Epstein（2002）的基于代理的模型的基础上，生成了几种替代方案。以完全没有审查制度为代表的系统最佳状态，不仅对应于随着时间的推移较低的暴力水平，而且允许在每次爆发后有相当长的社会和平时期。
Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, extending from the Arab Spring to the UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet censorship is underway. The present paper adopts a social simulation approach to show that the decision to “regulate”, filter or censor social media in situations of unrest changes the pattern of civil protest and ultimately results in higher levels of violence. Building on Epstein's (2002) agent-based model, several alternative scenarios are generated. The systemic optimum, represented by complete absence of censorship, not only corresponds to lower levels of violence over time, but allows for significant periods of social peace after each outburst.