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In her new book, 'Crash Override,' Zoë Quinn argues that overly opaque Terms of Service can perpetuate online abuse.
Automated systems that watch online chats and flag racist, sexist and bullying behavior could help curtail internet abuse.
If you can't say something nice, Instagram will make sure you say nothing at all.
Over the last months, I reported about 300 hate tweets. Twitter failed to delete most of them, so I sprayed them in front of their office.
/ Thanks to: Claudia Ulhaas, Marc Quambusch, Tristan Rodgers, Karen Stock, Juliane M. Schreiber.
/ Thanks to: Claudia Ulhaas, Marc Quambusch, Tristan Rodgers, Karen Stock, Juliane M. Schreiber.
The creators also hope that the quiz will force people to calm down before they post
An article came out today by J. Nathan Matias (find it here, it’s really interesting) calling for a re-examination of online anonymity, which for so long has been painted as a pantomime villain tha…
Officials retain right to moderate comments to combat online trolls, judge says.
A federal court in Virginia ruled that a local politician violated the free-speech rights of a constituent she banned from her Facebook page, in a case the judge said raises “important questions” about the constitutional restrictions that apply to social media accounts of elected officials.
Twitter’s moves to tackle abuse on the platform seem to be making their mark – but there’s a way to go before everyone feels safe there
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"The policies do not always lead to perfect outcomes," top Facebook official says.
Testimony from those working to keep beheadings, bestiality and child sexual abuse images off Facebook indicates that the support provided isn’t enough
Users post text, images, and more relentlessly on Facebook, where teams of thousands cannot scramble fast enough to scrub them off the site.
The leaked docs show the banality of evil, the unresolvable challenges of content moderation, and the need for it to be done in the open.
Private online platforms have an increasingly essential role in free speech and participation in democratic culture. But while it might appear that any internet
When Facebook announced two weeks ago that it would hire an extra 3,000 moderators to review livestreamed video, many wondered what moderating the vast platform might actually look like. This week, The Guardian exclusively obtained documents that allow a more detailed look inside the Facebook moderation processes than ever before. It is clear from the […]
On the CDA and what it does and doesn't cover. Doesn't cover: abuse!
As social media proliferates, a new industry has sprung up to weed out deviant content. Meet the watchers on the web.
The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech.