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HIGHLIGHTS Challenges such as revenge porn have overwhelmed Facebook moderators It reviews around 6.5 million reports of potentially fake accounts a week It confirmed that it was using software to intercept graphic content Leaked Facebook documents show how the social media company moderates issues such as hate speech, terrorism, pornography and self-harm on its platform, the Guardian reported, citing internal ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS EU said that social networks have improved in removing hate content EU earlier ordered social sites to delete all objectionable content Germany even threatened to fine EUR 50 million for the same Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response ... Read More »

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 »

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 »

German prosecutors are investigating Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives, a spokesman for the Munich prosecutor’s office said on Friday, following a complaint alleging the company broke national laws against hate speech and sedition by failing to remove racist postings. The spokesman declined to provide further details. German attorney Chan-jo Jun had filed a complaint with prosecutors in the Bavarian ... Read More »

German police on Wednesday launched nationwide raids targeting social media users who posted racial hatred on Facebook and other online networks. Police swooped on the homes of some 60 suspects across 14 of Germany’s 16 states, the BKA federal crime bureau said, in a crackdown on “verbal radicalism” and related criminal offences. No arrests were made but computer equipment, cameras ... Read More »

internet giants facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft signed up Tuesday to a brand new ecu code ofconduct against hate speech, the european commission said. the us–primarily based firms have agreed to hurry up their reactions while unlawful material is flagged up, with the goal of looking in any respect suspicious cloth inside 24 hours. “The latest terror attacks have reminded ... Read More »

net giants facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft signed up Tuesday to a brand new european code ofbehavior towards hate speech, the european fee stated. america–primarily based companies have agreed to speed up their reactions when unlawful fabric is flagged up, with the intention of looking in any respect suspicious cloth inside 24 hours. “The recent terror assaults have reminded us ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS facebook and Microsoft will review reviews of hate speech in 24 hours. The deal also includes YouTube and Twitter. ecu deal is a worrisome fashion toward greater government restrictions. An settlement on Tuesday by using four principal US internet organizations to dam unlawful hate speech from their offerings in Europe within 24 hours suggests the tight nook the corporations ... Read More »