Neowin News Feed for: Moderation

X to open Trust and Safety headquarters in Austin, Texas, focusing on content moderation

Steve Bennett — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:08:01 +0000

X has said that it will begin a hiring round of 100 full-time employees to build a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, replacing the team that was removed when Elon Musk took over. Read more...

Google Meet gets support for Q&A moderation during video calls

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:56:01 +0000

A new Q&A moderation feature for Google Meet now allows hosts and moderators to review the questions before making them public to all attendees. The update has started rolling out to eligible users. Read more...

Meta can be sued by ex-content moderator, Kenyan court rules

Steve Bennett — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:16:01 +0000

A Kenyan labour court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued by an ex-moderator. Daniel Motaung used to review posts on the site and claims it harmed their mental health. Read more...

Wikipedia seeks exclusion from UK Online Safety Bill for community moderation

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:40:01 +0000

A leading member of the Wikimedia Foundation has said sites with community moderation like Wikipedia should be treated differently to centralized platforms like Facebook under the Online Safety Bill. Read more...

Twitter's former trust & safety head says platform less safe under Elon Musk

Justin Luna — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 05:02:01 +0000

Twitter's former head of trust and safety has said that the platform is not safer under the leadership of CEO Elon Musk, as there are not enough employees left at the company to moderate Twitter. Read more...

Spotify is buying Kinzen to help detect harmful content

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:56:13 +0000

Spotify will buy Kinzen, a company that specializes in detecting harmful audio content. Using machine learning technology, Kinzen can moderate content across languages and dialects. Read more...

Truth Social app can't get on Google Play Store due to its inadequate moderation policies

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:16:01 +0000

The Google Play Store hasn't approved Truth Social, the social media platform promoted as a free speech alternative to Twitter. The app allegedly violates policies pertaining to moderation of content. Read more...

Twitter saw a record number of content takedown requests from governments last year

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:13:55 +0000

According to Twitter's transparency report for January-June 2021, the platform faced a record number of account and content takedown requests from governments, with Japan leading the pack. Read more...

WSJ: Facebook is exempting high-profile users from some content rules

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:46:01 +0000

Facebook has been holding famous users on its platform to lower standards with a system it uses called XCheck. The firm said it is trying to address XCheck's issues and eventually stop using it. Read more...

Twitter is now allowing users to report elections and COVID-19 misinformation

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:54:02 +0000

Twitter is experimenting with allowing some users to report tweets containing misleading information, with a special focus on misinformation related to COVID-19, vaccines, and elections. Read more...

Facebook saw a drop in hate speech prevalence during Q4 2020

Usama Jawad — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:46:01 +0000

In Q4 2020, Facebook saw a decrease in hate speech prevalence and other content which violates its policies, such as adult nudity. This was driven by modifications to its content moderation systems. Read more...

Twitter broadens its definition of harm for stricter moderation of content about COVID-19

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:28:01 +0000

After joining hands with multiple tech giants on Wednesday, Twitter has escalated its moderation of content related to COVID-19 that will put people at a greater risk of transmitting the disease. Read more...

Facebook launches new tools to curb bullying and harassment

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:56:01 +0000

Facebook has announced new tools in order to curb occurrences of online bullying and harassment. Users will now be able to report others, to Facebook, on behalf of friends and family. Read more...

YouTube removed over eight million videos in last quarter of 2017

Gabriel Nunes — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 02:50:01 +0000

YouTube's transparency report for the last three months of 2017 shows that almost 8.3 million videos were removed as the company tries to better enforce its community guidelines via automation. Read more...

Forget dislike; Facebook is testing a 'Downvote' button to moderate comments

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:22:01 +0000

It appears that Facebook is testing a "Downvote" button which allows users to mark questionable comments as misleading, offensive, or off-topic. However, it is only intended for comment moderation. Read more...