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Facebook Continues To Host And Recommend Holocaust Denial Content Despite Ban, Report Finds

Topline Despite instituting a ban on all content that “denies or distorts” the Holocaust last month, Facebook still has not removed numerous well-known Holocaust...

Twitter’s ‘Birdwatch’ Feature Will Fight Misinformation Through Crowd Sourced Information

The new Birdwatch feature also asks for a questionnaire to be filled. (Image Credit: Twitter/@wongmjane) ...

To Clean Up Comments, Let AI Tell Users Their Words Are Trash

Comment sections have long acted like the wiry garbage cans of news websites, collecting the worst and slimiest of human thought. Thoughtful reactions get...

Facebook India Skips Delhi Peace and Harmony Panel’s Summon, Gets a ‘Final Warning’

The Facebook executive was summoned in relation to a report that Facebook doesn't actively remove hateful content in India. (Image Credit: Reuters) ...

Stop Saying Facebook Is ‘Too Big to Moderate’

On Monday, a new coronavirus disinformation video exploded across the internet. Created by the rightwing site Breitbart, it was a clip of a press...

Where Are the Adults in the Clubhouse?

Then, last week on Twitter, a VC named Balaji Srinivasan wrote a mocking reply to one of Lorenz’s tweets, involving alleged misbehavior of the...

Trump’s Tweets Force Twitter Into a High-Wire Act

At the same time, Gregory says that activists around the world have argued for something like Twitter’s compromise position. “If you take down either...

Trump, Twitter, and the Failed Politics of Appeasement

Trump himself gets a pass when it comes to moderation because what a president says is newsworthy. That’s a defendable stance, but as he...

Trump Is In A Feud With Twitter. But They Both Desperately Need Each Other.

President Donald Trump listens to the music before speaking during a "Rolling to Remember Ceremony," ... to honor...

Coronavirus Disrupts Social Media’s First Line of Defense

With fewer moderators, the internet could change considerably for the millions of people now reliant on social media as their primary mode of communication...

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