Collaborate Disseminate
Motherboard has obtained internal documents that show how Instagram moderators grapple to police the service’s popular Stories feature. Continue reading Leaked Documents Show How Instagram Polices Stories
TikTok, which is mega popular with children and teens, has a problem with blatant, violent white supremacy and Nazism. Continue reading TikTok Has a Nazi Problem
TikTok is seen as being child-friendly. But a section of the social media platform is dedicated to hunting for nude images from its underage users. Continue reading TikTok, the App Super Popular With Kids, Has a Nudes Problem
Facebook is heeding criticism for its content takedown and account deactivation appeals process, which was initiated alongside the company’s expanding content moderation practices. Continue reading 86 Organizations Demand Zuckerberg to Improve Takedown Appeals
In the class action lawsuit, the woman says that thousands of content moderators are subjected to “highly toxic” content as part of the job. Continue reading Content Moderator Sues Facebook, Says Job Gave Her PTSD
Oliver goes long on Facebook’s content moderation problems. Continue reading John Oliver Calls Facebook ‘a Fetid Swamp of Mistruths and Outright Lies’
“Facebook ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are white supremacy.” Continue reading Facebook Is Reviewing its Policy on White Nationalism After Motherboard Investigation, Civil Rights Backlash
Lawmakers exempted non-commercial and smaller platforms from the directive, but opponents of the law still worry that it will lead to greater censorship on the internet. Continue reading EU Passes Controversial Copyright Law With ‘Link Taxes’
In July, a freedom of information activist dumped an unredacted cache of text messages allegedly hacked from Manafort’s daughter’s phone. Continue reading Manafort’s Daughter’s Lawyers Pressured Twitter to Delete Links to Hacked Text Messages
For years tech companies have been getting free content moderation from journalists. Whether it’s Russian manipulation campaigns, non-consensual sexual imagery, or hate speech around the world, journalists have often been the ones unearthing illegal o… Continue reading Journalists Are Not Social Media Platforms’ Unpaid Content Moderators