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Marking 30 years of the web, Tim Berners-Lee calls for a joint fight against disinformation

sudshr47 March 12, 2019

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has published an open letter to mark the 30th anniversary of the day — March 12, 1989 — when he submitted his original proposal for an information management system that went on to underpin the birth of online services. The proposal, dubbed “vague but exciting” […]

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Royal family introduces social media rules following online abuse of Meghan and Kate

sudshr47 March 5, 2019

In an unprecedented move, the Royal Family has introduced a set of social media rules in order to create a “safe environment”.
Under the new rules, users posting abusive comments will be blocked or reported to police, and comments in breach of …

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Twitter is purging accounts that were trying to evade prior suspensions

sudshr47 August 14, 2018

Twitter announced this afternoon it will begin booting accounts off its service from those who have tried to evade their account suspension. The company says that the accounts in question are users who have been previously suspended on Twitter for their abusive behavior, or for trying to evade a prior suspension. These bad actors have […]

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Tall Poppy aims to make online harassment protection an employee benefit

sudshr47 July 23, 2018 Startups

For the nearly 20% percent of Americans who experience severe online harassment, there’s a new company launching in the latest batch of Y Combinator called Tall Poppy that’s giving them the tools to fight back. Co-founded by Leigh Honeywell and Logan Dean, Tall Poppy grew out of the work that Honeywell, a security specialist, had […]

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Instagram blogger Photoshops her body to look how trolls want it to look

sudshr47 April 17, 2018

Sadly, the reality of having any kind of online presence in this day and age seems to come hand in hand with receiving negative and abusive comments. It’s unpleasant, upsetting, and sometimes, deeply personal.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Tech companies need a ‘greater duty of care’

sudshr47 March 21, 2018

Social media is “fantastic,” but it needs more control not only from the tech companies themselves but also from policymakers.
That was the message from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who attended the South by Southwest conference last week, and it’s…

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Twitter violates womens’ human rights, according to Amnesty International

sudshr47 March 21, 2018

Twitter has found itself under fire again. This time, it’s coming from Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization that focuses on human rights. Amnesty International’s new report, “#ToxicTwitter: Violence and abuse against women online,” details Twitter’s failures to ensure safety online and prevent violence and abuse toward women. What Amnesty International is trying to achieve with […]

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Former Breitbart reporter sues Twitter for banning him

sudshr47 January 8, 2018

Twitter has been praised by many for promoting free speech, but not by Charles C. Johnson.

On Monday, the right-wing activist sued Twitter, alleging the company violated his right to free speech by banning him from the platform.

Of course, that’s a hard argument to make given that Twitter is also protected by the first amendment and as an internet publisher can choose to terminate accounts. Twitter is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Johnson seems aware of the potential hole in his lawsuit, which he filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco with attorney Robert E. Barnes. Read more…

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Twitter punished loyal Trump supporter and ex-sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. with read-only mode

sudshr47 January 2, 2018

Twitter has timeouts for users who violate its standards, and it’s been putting them into effect more frequently in the past few weeks.
The latest incident involved David A. Clarke, Jr., the former Milwaukee sheriff and loyal supporter for President …

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Facebook reveals more info on its plan to stop revenge porn using your nudes

sudshr47 November 9, 2017

Facebook wants your nude photos.

We’re not kidding. It’s part of an effort by the social network to prevent revenge porn from spreading via its network. But the idea of sending nude photos to one of the world’s most profitable companies frightened people.

Facebook asks people to send them their nudes so they can prevent them from being posted as revenge porn. Nothing will go wrong with this planhttps://t.co/ftQbQji4YD

— Eva (@evacide) November 8, 2017

On Thursday, Facebook further clarified how the program works via a blog post titled “The Facts: Non-Consensual Intimate Image Pilot” and published by Facebook’s Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis. Read more…

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