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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!) A similar dynamic is playing out on the neighborhood social network NextDoor, where a let-the-users-do-it approach to moderation has left many black users feeling fearing for their safety.

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

The Verge

In August 2019, after the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, conspiracy theories about what had happened ran rampant on social networks. 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.

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