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EA bans Pro FIFA player Kurt’s new account
EA’s decisions aren’t going over well with the community.
YouTube deletes I,Hypocrite’s channel, claims debate video is “hate speech”
It appears that YouTube’s AI deems debates discussing the harm caused by ideological and political violence to be “hate speech.”
BBC Studios is the latest legacy media outlet to invest in Pocket Casts
Old media outlets are increasingly investing in new forms of reaching their audience.
Researchers say “problematic content” on YouTube has tanked, but call for YouTube to kill more
The study also questions whether content deemed to be “conspiratorial” should be recommended on YouTube at all.
Kenyan government finally suspends flights from China after being mocked by citizens online
It took a social media campaign to hold the government accountable.
Signal’s Brian Acton: It’s not up to technologists to be the ones to render judgment
“I don’t like being a nanny company.”
Federal funds used to research “online hate speech” with the goal of training hate speech algorithms
YouTube’s unpredictable hate speech algorithms have resulted in many innocuous videos being demonetized or removed.
India’s Prime Minister Modi considers deleting social media accounts
Modi didn’t say why.
Google removes popular cryptocurrency news apps from Google Play Store
Google has given no prior warning about the removals.
Twitch streamer ShyBear receives ban for clothing, cites Twitch’s double standards
ShyBear was banned for 24 hours.
YesPornPlease website goes down after being hit with lawsuit
The site is accused of copyright infringement.