Workshop · MuC 2026

Human-Centered
Content Moderation:
Expertise, Context
& Evaluation

A full-day interdisciplinary workshop on the future of content moderation. We center human expertise, cultural context, and worker conditions alongside AI evaluation.

Sunday, 30 August 2026
09:00–17:00
Duisburg, Germany
10–20 participants · in person

In a shifting content moderation landscape, where platforms are simultaneously scaling back their moderation efforts, relaxing policies, and restricting access to platform data, now is a critical moment to facilitate a workshop on content moderation with a human-centered perspective. This workshop aims to address current topics in content moderation, such as divestment, opacity and relaxation of rules. We welcome 10 to 20 participants in our full-day workshop that aims to foster networking within an interdisciplinary group of HCI researchers working broadly on content moderation and to respond to the current developments in content moderation as a community. The workshop is highly interactive and structured around short provocations, interdisciplinary exchange, and collaborative breakout sessions.

The central topics of this workshop are (1) Evolution of language & context within harmful speech, (2) Datasets & benchmarks for AI and (3) Human expertise & labor, and we invite submissions regarding these topics. Submissions can either be (1) position papers of up to two pages (excluding references) or (2) short reflection essays (up to 1,000 words) relating to one of the three central topics.

Call for Papers

Open
Position paper
Up to 2 pages (excl. references) in ACM submission format (2 column)
Reflection essay
Up to 1,000 words in ACM submission format
Deadline
24 June 2026
Platform
ConfTool
Template
ACM format
Attendance
1 author in person

Submissions must include keywords for your field of research and a clear connection to one of the three central topics. Accepted papers will be published as open-access workshop proceedings on arXiv.

Submit a paper

Workshop Schedule

Morning — Framing & Grounding
09:00Welcome & opening remarks
09:30Speed Dating Session · structured 1:1s
10:30Coffee break
10:45Lightning Talks · 5-min provocations
12:00Coffee break
12:15Plenary Reflection · themes & tensions
12:45Wrap-up & instructions
13:00Lunch
Afternoon — Co-Creation & Synthesis
14:00Panel Discussion · policy pitches
15:00Breakout Groups · self-selected themes
16:00Coffee break
16:15Plenary Presentations & synthesis
17:00End of workshop