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Instagram cracks down on harassment in direct messages
Instagram says it’s cracking down on harassment in direct messages and will permanently ban accounts that use direct messages to harass other users.
Facebook's oversight board's first judgments overturn four moderation decisions
The Oversight Board has issued its first judgments.
Twitch is rolling out new rules around harassment and hate
The Confederate flag will be banned from streams starting January 22nd.
YouTube will remind users to ‘keep comments respectful’ before posting
YouTube is taking new steps to weed out bullying, hate speech and other kinds of nasty comments.
Twitter expands hate speech rules covering race, ethnicity and nationality
Twitter updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin.”
Facebook's first Oversight Board cases tackle hate speech and misinformation
Facebook's Oversight Board has revealed its first cases, and most of them focus on thorny hate speech issues.
Facebook hopes its new AI moderation tools can further counter hate speech
Facebook has waged a long-fought and sometimes seemingly losing battle against hate speech and misinformation spreading across its platform. On Thursday, the company rolled out the latest implements of its automated anti-trolling arsenal in an effort to further curb bigots and bad actors on the site. The company’s CTO, Mike Schroepfer, noted that Facebook has taken a number proactive steps in the last year to combat hate speech and those efforts have already begun to show results.
Facebook finally bans Holocaust denial content
The company updated its hate speech policy to prohibit such material.
Having lots of followers will no longer help you get Instagram verified
Back in June, during the George Floyd Uprisings, Instagram took a long, hard look at its harassment, verification and content recommendation policies as part of a push to “elevate Black voices.” To start, Instagram has created a dedicated Equity team tasked with “better understanding and addressing bias in our product development and people’s experiences on Instagram,” per a post from Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, on Wednesday. To address the site’s rampant harassment and hate speech, Instagram is going to the mat.
TikTok has removed hundreds of thousands of videos for hate speech
TikTok is the latest social media platform to peel back the curtain on its efforts to fight hate speech.
Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 hateful subreddits since June 29th
Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 hateful subreddits since its new content policies went into effect.
Facebook removes massive QAnon group over hate and harassment claims
Facebook has removed a QAnon group with almost 200,000 members over repeated claims of hate and harassment.
US attorneys general urge Facebook to offer live responses for hate speech
The attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia are asking Facebook to take additional steps to prevent the spread of disinformation and to combat hate and harassment on the platform. In a letter (PDF) addressed to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, the officials said they know “Facebook has made some progress in counteracting the use of its platform to dehumanize and demean.” More than three-quarters of those people said they’ve been harassed on Facebook.
Twitter will block links promoting hate speech and violence
Twitter is closing a loophole in its rules to make it harder for users to spread hate speech and violent content.
Disney said to have 'dramatically' cut ad spending on Facebook amid boycott
Disney has reportedly gutted its ad spending on Facebook, possibly becoming the largest company to join a boycott over hate speech policies.
Facebook fails its own audit over civil rights and hate speech decisions
Facebook has released a long-awaited civil rights audit that’s bound to ramp up pressure to change its policies. The report revealed that executive decisions caused “significant setbacks for civil rights” and that the site could become an “echo chamber” of extremism if it doesn’t take stronger measures.
Tech's overdue reckoning with hate speech still isn't enough
Then, YouTube announced that it would pull the accounts of white supremacists such as David Duke and Richard Spencer, many of whom are also pro-Trump, for similar reasons. On Tuesday, Facebook said it has banned pro-civil-war “boogaloo” groups on its platform too. It might seem that at long last, the day of reckoning has come for internet platforms that once were the breeding grounds for hate speech and harassment.
Advertisers are running from Facebook. What's next?
At this point, the question isn’t how big the advertising boycott will get, but what will it actually accomplish.
Reddit bans r/the_donald for a pattern of inciting hate speech
Reddit has finally started banning some high-profile subreddits that incite hate speech, violence and racism.
Starbucks pauses all social media ads over hate speech concerns
Starbucks has joined the ranks of big companies putting social media ads on hold in response to sites' hate speech policies.