All- As part of our efforts to expand engagement with the academic community and to create more awareness of and engagement related to content policy development and enforcement, Facebook has developed the “Content Policy Research Initiative” to support external research. The research topic areas of focus for these meetings and the call for proposals (found here<https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/content-policy-research-on-social-media-platforms-request-for-proposals/>) are focused on: * Defining and moderating hateful content * Preventing offline harm from dangerous organizations/groups Details on the call for proposals: · Proposals should be between $50-100K (USD) and executed over 12 months · Proposals should be 2-3 pages are due by March 15<x-apple-data-detectors://12> · It is open to applicants worldwide from academic and/or research institutions that are eligible for research funding (this means it means many think tanks and some civil society groups may be eligible) · The call is global and we are striving for a geographic and topical diversity · Emerging Scholars are encouraged to apply We are especially keen to receive proposals from across Africa, so I’m eager to help facilitate this. Do let me know if there are any questions.