Keeping content creators safe from platforms’ gaze: findings from research and ‘algorithmic gossips’

Content creators who post nudity, sex education, sexuality, sex work and sexual expression are increasingly under threat of platform censorship via content deletion and outright de-platforming. Spaces for our content online are shrinking, and it's increasingly tricky to reach new audiences and... you know... to even make a living. Using Dr Sophie Bishop's notion of “algorithmic gossip” - or the shared knowledge about platform processes - as well as findings from my own academic research on content moderation and platform governance, I am putting forward a session to empower sexy content creators to stay safe from and deal with censorship, sprinkling it with some personal experience gained through my own brushes with shadowbanning, de-platforming and meetings with platform workers. .