Can closed messaging apps serve as useful venues to identify harmful content and disclose synthetic media?
- As part of a research project, Meedan partnered with three regional organizations to study harmful, gendered content in South Asia.
- By using Check, Meedan’s closed-messaging app tool that can help users identify and debunk synthetic content, the organizations were able to identify that the content contained synthetic components.
- Through these findings, Meedan and its partners identified that, in order to better combat harmful content, social media platforms should make platform data more accessible to researchers and establish stronger ties with local community organizations seeking to do the same.
This is Meedan’s case submission as a supporter of PAI’s Synthetic Media Framework. Explore the other case studies