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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

The Verge

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) The Ratio. ?? Non-governmental organizations say American companies pay as much attention to similar situations unfolding in India, Brazil, and Myanmar, among other places. Pranav Dixit and Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed ).

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It’s (still) time to end ‘Trending’ on Twitter

The Verge

Our algorithms are designed to identify representative Tweets that aren’t potentially abusive, spam, or posted by accounts trying to take advantage of our system. Facebook rolled out a series of changes ahead of the election in Myanmar on November 8th. Representative Tweets on trends can be found on Twitter for iOS and Android now.

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