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Reddit CEO Admits to Tampering Hate Comments From Donald Trump Supporters

HIGHLIGHTS Huffman says he edited comments to change the targeted user Reddit CEO admits he edited comments for about about an hour Huffman says he will not repeat the exercise in future In a shocking revelation, CEO of hugely popular Internet message board Reddit – Steve Huffman – has admitted that he used his admin rights to edit some of ... Read More »

Donald Trump Isn’t Exempt From Hate-Speech Rules, Twitter Clarifies

Twitter recently banned hundreds of accounts that violated its rules and the micro-blogging site said no one is exempt from its hate-speech rules – not even President-elect Donald Trump. “The Twitter Rules prohibit violent threats, harassment, hateful conduct, and multiple account abuse, and we will take action on accounts violating those policies,” a company spokesperson told online magazine Slate. “The ... Read More »

Reddit CEO Admits to Tampering Hate Comments From Donald Trump Supporters

HIGHLIGHTS Huffman says he edited comments to change the targeted user Reddit CEO admits he edited comments for about about an hour Huffman says he will not repeat the exercise in future In a shocking revelation, CEO of hugely popular Internet message board Reddit – Steve Huffman – has admitted that he used his admin rights to edit some of ... Read More »

Facebook Now Lets US Citizens Endorse Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Other Candidates

Facebook on Wednesday rolled out a new feature which lets users endorse US presidential candidates – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and even third-party candidates like Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. To activate this feature, go to any candidate’s Facebook page. Click “Endorsements” in the left-hand column and add your own endorsement. Facebook’s Help Centre has detailed instructions on how ... Read More »

Deep Drumpf: A Bot That Tweets Like Donald Trump

A researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a Donald Trump Twitterbot that tweets out remarkably Trump-like statements such as “I’m what IS (Islamic State) doesn’t need.” Dubbed as “Deep Drumpf”, the bot is based on an artificial-intelligence (AI) algorithm that is trained on just a few hours of transcripts of Republican presidential candidate Trump’s victory speeches and ... Read More »