Jane Manchun Wong
Twitter is reportedly working on a “reply filter” to filter out “potentially unwelcome replies”
A new automatic tool to filter out certain speech.
Twitter to add election “misinformation” warnings when you go to like or retweet
More friction-based censorship.
Screenshot reveals unreleased Twitter tool for flagging and monitoring “misinformation”
It’s not yet known if or when the feature will be used.
Google’s mobile keyboard now blacklists “Chinese virus” from autosuggest
The phrase joins a bunch of others Google doesn’t suggest you say.
Twitter is testing controversial new conversation controls feature, allowing users to prevent responses
What was designed to reduce harassment could be a perfect recipe for the spread of unchallenged fake news and echo chambers.
Instagram tests letting users block people from mentioning them
Instagram will likely roll out the feature this year.
Facebook Messenger to remove the ability to find someone by phone number, researcher says
The move is mostly being praised.
Facebook tests asking users to scan their face for verification
What could go wrong?
Instagram to test suggesting accounts you may want to unfollow
As some people put it: “Sure… making us easier to manage”.
Spotify to introduce feature that allows users to “report” podcasts
Spotify makes it clear it could hide content that users complain about.
Facebook to test hiding ‘likes’
The testing follows more widespread implementation on Instagram.
Facebook’s Android app sucks up system libraries without permission, researcher says
“There doesn’t seem to be an opt-out option for Facebook Global Library Collector, nor does it not seem to be possible to view what they have uploaded from our devices.”