The European Union’s rebooted ecommerce rules start to apply in full from tomorrow — setting new legal obligations on the likely thousands of platforms and digital businesses that […]
New climate deniers are making millions on YouTube. But they’re lying.
A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that YouTube is proliferating money-making climate denial content — and many, including teens, are falling for it.
X hiring content moderators for a new ‘Trust and Safety’ center in Austin
According to a report from Bloomberg, X, formerly known as Twitter, is hiring a new team of content moderators. Here are the details.
X promises peer-to-peer payments, AI advances in 2024
Elon Musk has been detailing his vision for X, formerly Twitter’s, transformation into an “everything app,” including payments, creator tools, shopping, and more, since acquiring the social network […]
TikTok restricts data tool after accusations of geopolitical bias
Amidst the war between Israel and Hamas, TikTok has been accused of pushing biased content.
Meta’s censorship of Palestine content is ‘systemic,’ Human Rights Watch finds
HRW’s new report claims Instagram and Facebook have “increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine” amid the war in Gaza.
Elon Musk’s X will be investigated by EU for potentially breaking disinformation law
The EU is officially investigating Elon Musk’s X for allegedly breaking its online content laws.
Discord bans misgendering and deadnaming in hateful conduct policy update
Deadnaming and misgendering trans people is now explicitly banned on Discord, per the platform’s updated hateful conduct policy. Discord’s hateful conduct policy defines hate speech as “any expression […]