The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Two, Twitter was slow to respond to the threat, which persisted well beyond the company’s initial comments that it was taking the issue seriously. But the ham-fisted approach to resolving the issue — banning a huge portion of 359,000 verified accounts — reflects the staggering scale of the breach. Palmer Haasch / Business Insider ).

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

Anyway, along with the other big tech platforms, Facebook is currently involved in a bunch of regulatory fights over privacy and competition issues. Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. about the popularity of Facebook or Instagram content or assets. about the purpose of an audience or community.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

The movement has also found to be active on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit, among other social sites.) At least two other issues have complicated the act of removing violent Boogaloo posts. The question is what steps those networks are prepared to take to stop that from happening. And that’s enough for me to be worried, too.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

TikTok says NBA content may not have appeared in those searches due to issues with language and localization, but were not actively removed from the platform.) Clubhouse has just two full-time employees; is this really the time to beat them up over trust and safety issues? A nearly identical problem led to similar issues in May.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. Reddit issued such a statement last week.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

The antitrust committee is expected to issue a report with recommendations for legislation, and legislation seems like to follow. The company is taking issue with Apple’s argument that its 30 percent App Store commission keeps it running. Black Reddit moderators say hate speech and abuse are the norm. We’re not even that big!”)

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

There are good reasons to be skeptical about the data issue, as Ben Thompson laid out this week at Stratechery. Also: more than 650 subreddits have now signed on to this open letter to Reddit calling for the company to, among other things, enact a site-wide policy against racism and hate speech. There are two problems here,” he wrote.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

YouTube may have removed some of their videos after the change, but it doesn’t retroactively issue strikes, on fairness grounds. Reddit bans The_Donald. The practical effect of Reddit removing what was perhaps its most notorious forum is likely to be limited. And so it took a year for the white supremacists to strike out.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump , Reddit banned The_Donald , YouTube banned a group of far-right creators , and India banned TikTok. If the real issue underlying the ad boycott is Facebook is too big to effectively moderate its own platform — well, that seems like a harder issue for Facebook to argue.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

As the final report is being issued, the frustration directed at Facebook from some quarters is at the highest level seen since the company was founded, and certainly since the Civil Rights Audit started in 2018.”. Disparate management and representation is also an issue. It will be in Congress. Annie Gilbertson / The Markup ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The app, which like Clubhouse is available only in private beta and requires an invitation to use, resembles a hybrid of Twitter and Reddit. And as on Reddit, every post must be created within a group, which Telepath calls a “network.”. The committee may issue subpoenas if CEOs do not agree to appear by the end of the day today.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

The prospect of a fight with states over labor issues comes in addition to similar questions the company has faced in France, where courts required it to close warehouses last month amid complaints the company had not done enough to protect workers. And if it succeeds, the new normal will look a lot like the old one.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Specifics on the demographic that most people care about — the gender ratio — can be hard to track down. Sanders told us that "there's a two to one ratio of single men versus categories like single women, couples, and groups." However, some Reddit members have praised AFF as a site for men meeting men. 10 years ago.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

And the other is my worry that asking Facebook to solve for divisiveness could distract from the related but distinct issues around the viral promotion of conspiracies, misinformation, and hate speech. A war has broken out on Reddit regarding how content is moderated. First, that internal tension. And it will be all over Twitter.

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