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    Facebook criticized for not doing enough to enforce its Holocaust denial policy

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    01.27.2021

    The Anti-Defamation League said that Facebook is failing to enforce its own Holocaust denial policies, leaving hateful content up after its reported

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    Two-thirds of online gamers in the US experience 'severe' harassment

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    07.25.2019

    It's no secret that online gaming can harbor toxic and abusive behavior. But a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says as many as many as two-thirds of US online gamers have experienced "severe" harassment. More than half of the respondents said they've been targeted based on their race, religion, ability, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. Nearly 30 percent claim they've been doxxed in an online game, and nearly a quarter of respondents say they've been exposed to white supremacist ideology.

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    Twitter can’t separate verification from validation

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    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    11.09.2017

    2016 was a dumpster fire of a year for Twitter. Abusive language and toxic interaction became the norm across the microblogging site as it saw a dramatic rise in activity from users on the far right and their crystallization into the alt-right movement. But for as painful as last year was for the company, 2017 has seen it steadfastly refuse to do little else but pour more gasoline on the flames.