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Indie developers get death threats over decision to make Ooblets an Epic exclusive
A pair of indie developers became the targets of death threats and hate speech after they decided to make their game an Epic Store exclusive. It begs the question: has this Epic vs the greater PC gaming community thing gone a little too far? Husband and wife team Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser have been developing a darling life sim game called Ooblets since 2016. äàëüøå »
2019-8-7 04:00 | |
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RoboCop Is Watching: Instagram to Use AI to Censor Mean Comments
Instagram will soon trial a new AI-powered system for dealing with online bullying and abuse. Currently, the Facebook-owned social media platform uses a conventional human-dependent system for dealing with this issue that relies on users flagging and reporting comments as spam, abuse, or hate speech. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 05:30 | |
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Swedish court fines Facebook group admin for failing to delete hate speech
Patrik Markstrd not seen the comments on the group before. Despite this, yesterday the Eskilstuna District Court found him guilty after agreeing with the prosecutor that the comments were clearly discriminatory against ethnic minority groups. äàëüøå »
2019-6-27 15:43 | |
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In a first, Facebook will hand over hate speech data to France
Facebook has agreed to hand over identifying information on French users suspected of using hate speech on its platform, making it the first deal of its kind between the social media giant and a government. äàëüøå »
2019-6-26 14:50 | |
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Facebook tweaks News Feed to favor close friends and ‘worthwhile’ content
Facebook’s biggest money-spinner is its News Feed, and the company has announced yet another key change to the algorithm. In a fresh announcement, the social network said that it’s leveraging new signals such as user surveys to prioritize posts from close friends and content you might find worthwhile. äàëüøå »
2019-5-17 16:28 | |
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Facebook changes its News Feed algorithm to favor close friends
Facebook’s biggest money-spinner is its News Feed, and the company has announced yet another key change to the algorithm. In a fresh announcement, the social network said that it’s leveraging new signals such as user surveys to prioritize posts from close friends and content you might find worthwhile. äàëüøå »
2019-5-17 16:28 | |
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Awkward Moment Arises When Facebook Blocks an Australian Restaurant Ad Under its Bitcoin Ban
We are led to believe that social media companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter can be trusted with moderating and policing content for the vast majority of its user content. But between its decision to cite the United States Declaration of Independence as ‘Hate Speech,' and now this, there are no trusting mainstream companies. Origin […] äàëüøå »
2019-4-29 19:24 | |
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Brendan Eich Says Brave Won’t Ban Gab’s Browser Extension
Brave CEO Brendan Eich has weighed in on a controversy concerning Gab, a far-right social media platform. While Gab considers itself a free speech platform, its critics have denounced it as a hotbed of hate speech. äàëüøå »
2019-4-15 19:08 | |
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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden’s top political party
Hackers have defaced the Twitter account of Sweden’s governing party with hate speech and declared they would replace the Swedish krona with Bitcoin. The strange tweets began early this morning, when the “Socialdemokraterna” account reportedly changed its name to “Bitcoindemokraterna,” and promised its leader’s would resign, confirmed Expressen. äàëüøå »
2019-4-15 16:30 | |
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Redditors are pissed (and delighted) about the temporary shutdown of its r/games subreddit
Usually, being a gamer on the first of April is good fun — jokes, memes, pranks about Half-Life 3. But the moderators of Reddit’s r/Games subreddit made it very clear when they shuttered the community today that they were dead serious. äàëüøå »
2019-4-2 03:56 | |
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Facebook Hate Speech Ban is Far Too Little – and 50 Victims Too Late
By CCN. com: It might have taken the brutal, livestreamed murder of 50 men, women, and children, but Facebook has finally decided to ban the promotion of white nationalism on its platform. Facebook Took 3 Months (!) to Formulate Hate Speech Ban What were Facebook staff doing while a homicidal maniac was planning his deadly assault on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand? I’ll tell you. äàëüøå »
2019-3-29 19:06 | |
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How Facebook plans to use machine learning to wipe out revenge porn
Facebook’s used its machine learning prowess to filter hate speech and fake accounts— but now it’s turning its focus on fighting revenge porn. In an announcement last week, the company said that it’s introducing new technology to remove non-consensual intimate photos and videos off its platform. äàëüøå »
2019-3-18 15:12 | |
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Facebook’s global content moderation fails to account for regional sensibilities
Over the past year, Facebook’s biggest challenge has been moderating billions of posts every day in more than a hundred languages. It’s proven almost impossible to maintain a balance between what is deemed as “hate speech” and “free speech” since social media is global, but our perception of “free speech” is determined by region. äàëüøå »
2019-2-26 16:58 | |
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Hate speech is still too easy to find on social media
Shortly after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, I noticed that the word “Jews” was trending on Twitter. As a social media researcher and educator, I became concerned that the violence would spread online, as it has in the past. äàëüøå »
2018-11-22 12:26 | |
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Tech companies are using machines to fight terrorism and hate speech, and you can do it too for $49
If you understand how machine learning works, then you can get working too -- at a pay rate a fair cry above what you’re making now, we’re guessing. The Machine Learning Masterclass Bundle ($49, an 89 percent savings, from TNW Deals) takes you inside this exploding tech sector. äàëüøå »
2018-11-16 17:00 | |
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Facebook removed 1.5 billion fake accounts between April and September
Facebook released its community standards report today, in which it detailed how it dealt with fake news, spam, hate speech, and terrorist propaganda on its platform. The company noted that, between April and September 2018, it removed a whopping 1. äàëüøå »
2018-11-16 10:16 | |
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Twitter is sorry about that whole ‘Kill all Jews’ thing
Many New Yorkers awoke to a bit of a surprise when “Kill all Jews” briefly made an appearance in their Twitter sidebar. On a social network with a hate speech problem, it’s not unusual to see this type of content. äàëüøå »
2018-11-3 22:58 | |
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Bans aren’t the answer to problematic social media accounts
Across the United States, millions of progressives and proponents for equality cheered (or at least had a good chuckle) earlier this month when Facebook, Apple, Spotify, and YouTube collectively banned alt-right conspiracy theorist and hate speech-spewing Alex Jones from their respective platforms. äàëüøå »
2018-9-29 15:30 | |
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Twitter’s new policy aims to eradicate ‘dehumanizing speech’
Twitter today announced it’d be altering its hateful conduct policies to prohibit “dehumanizing speech. ” By doing so, it intends to patch a hole in its rules against hate speech to account for tweets that don’t specifically target anyone, but which are nonetheless demeaning. äàëüøå »
2018-9-26 00:24 | |
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Counterpoint: ‘All men are trash’ is hate speech
When I woke up this morning I didn’t think I’d start my day off defending white male privilege. But there’s an “all men are trash” discussion playing out on TNW’s social media accounts, and I have some thoughts. äàëüøå »
2018-9-7 23:53 | |
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Facebook follows YouTube in suspending Alex Jones
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech. It’s about damn time. Just this week, Jones ran afoul of YouTube guidelines, getting himself a slap on the wrist and finding four of his more egregious videos deleted. äàëüøå »
2018-7-28 03:42 | |
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