As we attempt to move towards genuine shared governance over online media systems, the need for safety is constantly discussed and agreed on as a goal, but fingers are pointed in multiple directions when the question of “who is responsible for making our online spaces safe?” is asked.
Via a series of qualitative investigations with experts and user groups, we are generating frameworks for better understanding and negotiating responsibility in the overall user/system relationship that accounts for the needs and practical circumstances of all stakeholders, not just users or platform owners, and identifying the key literacies which we need to promote in order to support genuine shared governance and responsibility.
