Current tech for detecting hate speech is woefully inadequate, researchers find | Computing
Exactly what constitutes hate speech is one of the most hotly contested topics in 2018. One of the reasons it is so vigorously debated is because of…
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Hate speech, collusion, and the constitution | Social
Half an hour into their two-hour testimony on Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack…
Facebook: We’ve removed hundreds of posts under German hate speech law | Social
Facebook and other social networks could be subject to fines in Germany over hate speech and fake news. Sergei Konkov/TASS Facebook has deleted or…
It’s time for Facebook and Twitter to coordinate efforts on hate speech | Social
Since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, there has been burgeoning awareness of the hate speech on social media platforms like Facebook and…
UN urges Facebook to ‘proactively’ fight hate speech | Computing
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is due to step down from his post as UN High Commissioner for Human…
Major tech companies remove Alex Jones for hate, bullying (Update) | Computing
In this Tuesday, July 19, 2016 file photo, Alex Jones, center right, is escorted by police out of a crowd of protesters outside the Republican…
The Best Computers (For People Who Hate Computers) | Tips & Tricks
Trying to find a way to introduce someone to the internet and the digital world when it’s foreign to them (and they don’t like computers) is tough.…
Facebook struggling to end hate speech in Myanmar, investigation finds | Social
Misinformation has lead to violent attacks against Rohingya but report says company has been slow to respond
Facebook’s efforts to crack down on hate…
Spotify is removing some Alex Jones podcasts — but not all of them — because they are ‘hate content’…
The music streaming service has been the target of public outrage for carrying Jones’s show.
Infowars founder Alex Jones is getting another slap…
Apple Podcasts removes five Infowars podcasts from directory citing violations of hate speech…
Apple has removed five Infowars podcasts from the Apple Podcasts platform. Apple confirmed the decision to Buzzfeed News overnight, and is the…