AI Alone Cannot Protect Social Media Communities From AI-Driven Harm

Fighting AI-generated junk and hateful content with more AI can make the problem worse, undermining the authentic human contributions that make social platforms valuable. In April, moderators of Reddit's r/AskHistorians community saw dozens of comments and posts dating back 10 years automatically removed, triggering a flood of alerts in their Slack channel. The incident shows how relying primarily on automated moderation tools risks harming the very communities they are meant to safeguard.