Facebook 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.
Alex Jones Files Lawsuit Trying to Force PayPal to Reinstate Infowars' Account
Frequently shirtless supplement salesman and Infowars founder Alex Jones, whose small media empire has been fully or…
Apple Bans Most InfoWars Podcasts Over Hate Speech
Alex Jones is no longer welcome at Apple. The trillion dollar company has removed five of the six podcasts produced by…
Spotify: What If We Just Removed a Few of Alex Jones' Podcasts Instead of Banning Him
Streaming service Spotify has become the latest major web platform to find itself compelled to do something about oft-sh…
Facebook Gives Us the First Real Look at Its Cesspool of Terrorist Propaganda and Hate Speech
Although Facebook’s ability to track and remove terrorist content was one of his favorite talking points when CEO Mark…
Facebook Accidentally Asked Users If Every Single Post in Their Feed Contained Hate Speech
For a brief period on Tuesday morning, Facebook asked at least some of its users to report whether every single post in…
Mark Zuckerberg Is Deluded If He Thinks AI Can Solve Facebook’s Hate Speech Problem
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days, so naturally we want to throw it at all of our problems. Yesterday,…
Reddit CEO Confirms Racial Slurs Are Just Fine on His Site [Updated]
In the midst of Mark Zuckerberg’s hours-long testimony before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees, Reddit…
YouTuber Count Dankula Convicted of Hate Crime for Video of Pug Making a 'Nazi Salute'
A Scottish YouTube comedian, Mark Meechan, was found guilty of a hate crime on Tuesday for posting a video of himself…
Sri Lanka Blocked Facebook This Week for Allegedly Spreading Hate Speech and Violence
The government of Sri Lanka ordered internet and mobile service providers to temporarily block Facebook and its…
Europe to Facebook and Google: Remove Illegal Content in One Hour (We're Serious This Time!)
The European Union really wants tech companies to get their shit together when it comes to policing content on their…
Twitter Regrets to Inform You That Waluigi Is a Bigot
Earlier this afternoon, the crumbling hate circus we call Twitter rolled out some much-needed changes to its abuse…
Germany's New Social Media Hate Speech Law Is Now Being Enforced
2017 was the year public sentiment began to turn against massive tech conglomerates like Facebook and Google. But…
EU Issues Strongest Warning Yet Demanding Tech Companies Crack Down on Illegal Content
The European Union is still not satisfied with how leading tech companies are handling the removal of illegal content…
Study Finds Banning Reddit's Bigoted Jerkwards Worked
In recent years, Reddit has banned a bevy of far-right troll havens, including its board for the white supremacist…
Tech Companies Race to Finally Enforce Policies After Charlottesville Violence [Updated]
Nearly all the major technology services we’ve come to rely on have been negligent in enforcing their own user…
New German Law Forces Facebook To Remove Hate Speech or Pay Over $50 Million
Germany’s parliament passed a law on Friday that forces social media sites to quickly take down illegal and slanderous…
Leaked Facebook Rules Reveal Why It Won't Protect Black Children From Hate Speech
On Wednesday, ProPublica published dozens of startling training documents reportedly used by Facebook to train…
EU to Facebook and Twitter: Crack Down on Hate Speech, Or Else
On Sunday, the European Commission warned Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and Microsoft that if the companies do not…
Twitter Is Testing Ways to Squeeze Even More Vile Racist Shit Into a Single Tweet
If you’ve used Twitter long enough, you’ve probably run into this classic conundrum. You’re typing out a repulsive,…