15 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by Sarah Myers West | Jun 15 2016
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Facebook’s AI is reporting more photos as offensive content than human flaggers or content moderators, according to a report from TechCrunch.
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Twitter is facing challenges policing hate speech on the platform, particularly the use of ‘echoes’ by anti-Semitic hate speech groups. Twitter issued new rules of conduct in January, and relies heavily on user reports to enforce them.
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Facebook has apologized after censoring a meme about convicted rapist Brock Turner. The censorship appears to have stemmed from internal confusion over whether or not Turner is a public figure.
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@DarthPutinKGB is back after being temporarily suspended by Twitter. The popular parody account now uses the name “Darth Putin” rather than “Vladimir Putin” in compliance with Twitter’s rules banning impersonation.
In other news:
- Writer Kristine Solomon asks: "Why does the internet hate plus-size people?"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Myers West
Sarah Myers West is a doctoral student and the Wallis Annenberg Graduate Research Fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
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