hate speech
Leaked Documents Show Facebook’s ‘Threshold’ for Deleting Pages and Groups
During testimony to lawmakers, Facebook did not provide specifics on the threshold Pages or Groups have to cross before being deleted. Documents obtained by Motherboard layout those limits.
Protests Prepared for Anti-Islam Alt-Right Speakers in NZ
Banned from the UK for racism, how will the far right be received in Aotearoa?
Facebook flagged part of the Declaration of Independence as hate speech
The editor suspects it was the phrase “Indian Savages” that triggered the flag
Internal Documents Show How Facebook Decides When a Poop Emoji Is Hate Speech
Facebook trains its moderators to recognize when emojis violate the social network site’s policies as well, including for sexual solicitation, hate speech, and bullying.
These Are Facebook’s Policies for Moderating White Supremacy and Hate
As hate speech continues to be a top issue for social media platforms, we are publishing an extended selection of training material showing how Facebook sees the issue of white supremacy and hate more generally.
Skateboarding Icon Jason Jessee Is Under Fire for Use of Swastikas and Racist Remarks
After old interviews featuring racial slurs and hate symbols surfaced online, the skateboard community began to wonder why he's still being celebrated as a legend.
Silicon Valley deals devastating blow to digital face of alt-right leader Richard Spencer
The web host GoDaddy booted Richard Spencer’s website off its platform Thursday, dealing yet another digital blow from a mainstream tech company to the alt-right thought leader’s online face.
Facebook apparently thinks left-wing bias is as bad a problem as hate speech
The company says it has agreed to outside audits to vet its procedures on hate speech and ... right-wing political speech.
6 things Facebook's community guidelines just revealed you can’t do
Do not post nudes — unless you’re photoshopping a “visible anus and/or fully nude close-ups of buttocks” onto a public figure.
YouTube star who taught dog a Nazi salute gets $1,100 fine
YouTube star "Count Dankula" gets a big fine for the Nazi pug.
Mark Zuckerberg says it could be a decade before Facebook fixes its hate speech problem
AI can't save us from this one.
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Have AI to Detect Hate Speech In ‘5-10 years’
In Silicon Valley, everything is "5-10 years away," which is the same as saying nothing at all.