Parallel Worlds of Moderation: How LLM Simulations Are Stress-Testing Online Civility
Opening — Why this matters now The world’s biggest social platforms still moderate content with the digital equivalent of duct tape — keyword filters, human moderators in emotional triage, and opaque algorithms that guess intent from text. Yet the stakes have outgrown these tools: toxic speech fuels polarization, drives mental harm, and poisons online communities faster than platforms can react. ...