Culture
Facebook moderator reveals violent anti-Trump meme allowed, cartoon anti-Democrat meme banned
The whistleblower shows how moderators are told to react differently, depending on who the target of the meme is.
Petition asking women be called “women” instead of “menstruators” called transphobic, deleted by change.org
Change says it broke the community guidelines.
TV producers turn to private investigators to scan for problematic tweets of potential hires
Producers are taking it seriously now cancel culture shows no signs of stopping.
Voice actors blame The Last of Us 2 negative reviews on bots
There’s a massive discrepancy in opinion between corporate journalists and players.
New lawsuit says YouTube’s algorithm is racially profiling
Another lawsuit we don’t expect to go anywhere.
Twitter is an echo chamber of insanity and it’s impacting academia
Studies that get tweeted out end up getting cited more.
Big Tech donated to the wrong “Black Lives Matter”
They instead donated to a group that aims to bring “the community and police closer together” – something we all know Big Tech doesn’t support.
Chinese propaganda mocks the US over police brutality, but in China criticism of police is censored in real-time
China’s social media censorship prevents citizens voicing concerns about police misconduct.
YouTube is automatically deleting any comments about “black lives matter violence”
Users who comment about violence at Black Lives Matter protests have their comments automatically put into a black hole.
Vocal online Trump supporter fired after activists flood business with complaints
David Leatherwood isn’t the only one.
MembersCancel culture and censorship thrive in a world where you stream or license everything and own nothing
? When you don’t own content, companies can delete, censor, edit, label and manipulate content based on changing sentiments.