IGF 2020 WS #263 What's trust got to do with it? Feminist digital insights

Issues that are going to be addressed by the four presenters: CLAM's research focuses on anti-feminist and anti-LGBT discourse networks in the Brazilian social media sphere. The research explores modes of digital engagement with anti- and pro-rights feminism and sexual politics issue spaces. Earlier findings indicates that anti-rights heavy reliance on algorithmization, but CLAM's analysis nuances the usual monocausal interpretation of technology or algorithms as the single cause of the spread of hate speech and the creation of echo chambers, by also exploring the power of feminist and LGBT counter-discourse and resistance strategies. The research done by KRYSS Networks shows multiple threat on Freedom of Expression with mixture of online GBV in Malaysia. The research result debunk two dangerous assumptions that tend to obscure diverse of voices and inevitably trivialize the cost of online feminist activism. These assumptions are: (1) access to exercise of freedom of opinion and expression (FoE) are equal for all; and (2) the social media platforms are inherently emancipatory. The research provide an insight on feminist resistance strategies and counter-discourse based on the lived experiences of research participants. CIS-India research focuses on various operational logics and design of digital platforms that are increasingly mediating domestic work. The research asks "what are the ways in which relations of inequality that characterize domestic work get reinforced or challenged in the digital application?". One of the research findings of this research shows that regulation is not only related to content, but with labour and workspace. The gig-economy platforms explored in this research are designed to organize labour in exploitative forms and undermine the rights of workers. Consequently, domestic workers often experience an intersection of vulnerabilities related with social categorization (gender, class, ethnicity) that increases the risk of harm. The study done by POLLICY indicates increase in online GBV in South Africa, Senegal, and Kenya as larger number of people come online, especially women. This raises questions about the safety and security of women online, what recourses and redressal mechanisms they have within mechanisms offered by the company and by the state. The research shows that implementation of existing laws and formulation of new laws, internal mechanisms for takedown of content etc. to address the problem are some of the solutions that are being proposed, but their effectiveness can be debated.