tech-social-media
Facebook and Twitter Suck, So Here's How to Make Your Own Social Media Network
Artist and programmer Darius Kazemi has created a guide to running small social network sites.
Facebook's First 'Civil Rights Audit' Is the First Step in Climbing Everest
Facebook's Civil Rights Audit, published on Sunday, recommends the platform also ban implicit forms of white nationalism.
When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Overlord’ to Spy on Users
Several employees were caught abusing the tool, which let them read users’ messages and passwords.
A Nightmare Twitter Bug Is Sending Users Notifications When They're Unfollowed
Twitter is telling people when someone has unfollowed them.
Twitch Sues to Identify Users Who Uploaded Christchurch Video and Porn to Its Platform
Users posted the violating material to the section of Twitch for Valve-developed game 'Artifact' over Memorial Day weekend.
Facebook Quietly Changes Search Tool Used by Investigators, Abused By Companies
Facebook’s Graph Search allowed anyone to search a wealth of public data on Facebook in very specific ways, such as searching content for keywords in a particular point in time.
Security Contractor at Facebook Content Moderation Facility Arrested for Allegedly Threatening People With a Gun
The individual worked at a facility belonging to Cognizant, a Facebook contractor. Police arrested him while at work, but the alleged assault didn't happen on site.
Twitter Has Started Researching Whether White Supremacists Belong on Twitter
"Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals? How should we be thinking about this? What actually works?"
Twitch Flooded with Streams of 'Game of Thrones', Porn, and the Christchurch Attack Video
After no one watched streams for Valve-created game Artifact, some users started their own meme streams. Then other content seeped in.
Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users
Multiple sources and emails also describe SnapLion, an internal tool used by various departments to access Snapchat user data.
Trump's Social Media Bias Survey Is a Craven Data Collection Ploy
The survey is an elaborate way of getting people to subscribe to the White House's email list.
A Popular YouTuber Read the Christchurch ‘Manifesto’ to Half a Million Subscribers
YouTube left the video online for over two days, allowing it to generate tens of thousands of views and spread to other channels.