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The “Scunthorpe problem” has never really been solved and for people with “offensive” last names, this can be a real pain in the ass. Continue reading Life on the Internet Is Hard When Your Last Name is ‘Butts’
Moderating billions of posts a week in more than a hundred languages has become Facebook’s biggest challenge. Leaked documents and nearly two dozen interviews show how the company hopes to solve it. Continue reading The Impossible Job: Inside Facebook’s Struggle to Moderate Two Billion People
Microsoft has given the alt-right Twitter alternative 48 hours to delete two offending posts before it shuts down the company’s cloud server account. Continue reading Microsoft Demands That Gab Delete Post Calling for ‘Eradication of All Jews’
After facing a firestorm over misinformation on its platform, Facebook removed several videos from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and suspended his profile, meaning he cannot post any content himself for 30 days. Continue reading Facebook Suspends Alex Jones’ Profile
During testimony to lawmakers, Facebook did not provide specifics on the threshold Pages or Groups have to cross before being deleted. Documents obtained by Motherboard layout those limits. Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Facebook’s ‘Threshold’ for Deleting Pages and Groups
Facebook trains its moderators to recognize when emojis violate the social network site’s policies as well, including for sexual solicitation, hate speech, and bullying. Continue reading Internal Documents Show How Facebook Decides When a Poop Emoji Is Hate Speech
As hate speech continues to be a top issue for social media platforms, we are publishing an extended selection of training material showing how Facebook sees the issue of white supremacy and hate more generally. Continue reading These Are Facebook’s Policies for Moderating White Supremacy and Hate
The far-right adopted Pepe the Frog as its own symbol of intolerance. Breaking with its policy of allowing fictional characters to push hateful messages, Facebook banned certain images of Pepe, according to internal documents. Continue reading Here’s Facebook’s Internal Policy on Pepe the Frog
After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators about hate speech groups in the US, and spell out the distinction from nationalism and separatism, documents obtained by Motherboard show Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Facebook’s Post-Charlottesville Reckoning with American Nazis
Besides revenge porn and terrorism, flags for moderators include ‘Nazi,’ ‘Cartel,’ and ‘Gang,’ according to leaked training documents for Instagram workers. Continue reading Leaked Documents Show How Instagram Polices Content to Prevent ‘PR Fires’