Summary: In 2017, Cloudflare, a web infrastructure and website security company, came under media scrutiny for hosting a U.S. based, self-proclaimed neo-Nazi website, The Daily Stormer. Despite numerous complaints to […]
Summary: In the six years since Discord debuted its chat platform, it has seen explosive growth. And, over the past half-decade, Discord’s chat options have expanded to include GIFs, video, audio, […]
Summary: Facebook’s challenges of dealing with content moderation around “nudity” have been covered many times, but part of the reason the discussion comes up so often is that there are so many scenarios […]
Summary: Snapchat debuted to immediate success a decade ago, drawing in millions of users with its playful take on instant messaging that combined photos and short videos with a large […]
Facebook grapples with removing live-streamed content in real-time, while also preventing or reactively removing re-uploads of violating content. Summary: On March 15, 2019, the unimaginable happened. A Facebook user — utilizing […]
Users exploit Tweetdeck to artificially boost content virility, prompting an evaluation of policies and enforcement against spam. Summary: After an investigation by BuzzFeed uncovered several accounts trafficking in paid access to […]
Platforms respond to a shooting video and its rapid proliferation. Summary: The ability to instantly upload recordings and stream live video has made content moderation much more difficult. Uploads to […]
Facebook removes anti-racist content based on racist terms like “skinhead”, due to lack of context consideration Summary: Social media platforms are constantly seeking to remove racist, bigoted, or hateful content. […]