Bluesky will let users run their own moderation services Users can subscribe to third-party labeling services for additional layers of moderation. Karissa Bell Wed, Mar 13, 2024 Bluesky Bluesky, the open-source Twitter alternative, is about to start testing out one of its more ambitious ideas: allowing its users to run their own moderation services. … Continue reading Bluesky will let users run their own moderation services
Federal judge rejects X’s claim that California’s content moderation law violates free speech ‘The reports required by AB 587 are purely factual,’ the judge wrote. Will Shanklin Fri, Dec 29, 2023 Slaven Vlasic via Getty Images A federal judge in California has shot down Elon Musk’s attempt to invalidate a state social media law, … Continue reading Federal judge rejects X’s claim that California’s content moderation law violates free speech
By Issie Lapowsky September 29, 2023 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear two cases that stand to have sweeping consequences on First Amendment rights of online platforms and their ability to moderate content. The cases—NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice—challenge the constitutionality of two separate laws passed in Florida and Texas, … Continue reading The Supreme Court agrees to hear content moderation cases that could reshape social media
Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington Post, Elon Musk … Continue reading Twitter has reportedly laid off more of its global content moderation team
By Steven Melendez November 15, 2022 Yubo, a video-based streaming and chat platform aimed at Generation Z, has introduced real-time content moderation based on AI analysis of short snippets of audio. Environments like Yubo that let strangers interact by audio and video have historically been marred by trolls and bigoted users, whether they’re harassing fellow … Continue reading Yubo is bringing real-time content moderation to audio
By Filippo Menczer October 28, 2022 Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on October 27, 2022, has triggered renewed debate about what it means for the future of the social media platform, which plays an important role in determining the news and information many people—especially Americans—are exposed to. In addition to expanding Twitter’s … Continue reading What Elon Musk gets wrong about free speech, Twitter bots, and content moderation
Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter Twitter could change dramatically under Musk’s leadership. K. Bell @karissabe Dado Ruvic / reuters After months of legal drama, Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His first move was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts
A Guide to Content Moderation, Types, and Tools Pramod Kumar / 02 Aug 2022 Digital space is highly influenced by user-generated content — as we all can see an unimaginable volume of text, images, and video shared on multiple social media and other online platforms/websites. With numerous social media platforms, forums, websites, and other online … Continue reading A Guide to Content Moderation, Types, and Tools
Mary Napoleon — October 28, 2016 Follow @mknapoleon— October 28, 2016 Community moderation isn’t just about removing the bad stuff that detractors post in your community. It also includes making decisions about what you want your community members to do. For most customer communities, new members tend to be “lurkers” in the beginning. Emphasizing the … Continue reading Community Moderation Tactics for Healthy Online Communities
