Content Moderation
Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges Facebook, Google, Snapchat, others
It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly notify the others.
Content goes by Facebook community standards, not ideology, India head says about Ankhi Das controversy
Ajit Mohan said the content team is guided only by community standards enforced globally and is independent of the local policy team.
As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls moderating employees' posts
A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on internal message boards.
Tech This Week | Should India have its own social media content moderation rules?
Platforms are diverse and a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.
Facebook, Twitter crack down on Russia, China agents trying to sway US election
State-led influence campaigns were prominent on social media during the 2016 US elections and have been seen around the world.
Zuckerberg rubbishes making deal to go soft on Trump
Facebook’s CEO was reacting to stories in leading US media that raised questions about possible special treatment to Trump.
Why India needs to be the centre for content moderation reform
A significant number of moderators for most platforms are contracted through companies such as Cognizant, Genpact, and Accenture.
Moderators who sued Facebook for mental distress from watching graphic content to be compensated
The settlement grants US moderators who were part of the class action lawsuit USD 1,000 each totalling USD 52 million.
Covid consipracy theory video ‘Plandemic’ viewed by millions before Facebook, YouTube can take it down
Its spread illustrates how easy it is to use social media as a megaphone for dubious content, and how difficult for platforms to remove it.
Facebook throws open ‘hateful memes’ challenge for researchers to develop algorithms to tackle it
The social media giant is leaning on AI to filter out objectionable content as the coronavirus has sidelined most of its human moderators