Misinformation, Content Moderation, and Epistemology - Protecting Knowledge

This book argues that misinformation poses a multi-faceted threat to knowledge, while arguing that some forms of content moderation risk exacerbating these threats. It proposes alternative forms of content moderation that aim to address this complexity while enhancing human epistemic agency.

List of contents

Introduction: Knowledge Under Threat Part 1: The Threat of Misinformation 1. How Misinformation Prevents Knowing 2. Conspiracy Theories and Runaway Skepticism 3. Ambiguity, Fakery, and Social Evidence Part 2: The Promise of Content Moderation 4. Damned if You Do: The Case Against Content Moderation 5. Damned if You Don't: The Case for Content Moderation 6. Collaborative Content Moderation Epilogue: Online, Digital Soldiers

About the author

Keith Raymond Harris is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he specializes in social and applied epistemology and the philosophy of cognitive science. His recent publications include "Real Fakes: The Epistemology of Online Misinformation," "Epistemic Domination," and "Beyond Belief: On Disinformation and Manipulation."

Product details

• Authors: Keith Raymond Harris, Keith Raymond (Ruhr University Bochum Harris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032636917
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263691-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Studies in Epistemology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structure & processes, Social, group or collective psychology, Communication Studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Political structure and processes, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge