content moderation
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Taylor Swift AI Porn Forces X to Finally Moderate Its Content
Elon Musk’s social media platform is blocking searches related to “Taylor Swift” after AI porn created to resemble the artist went viral.
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Extreme Diet Content Should Not Be Incentivised, Meta Oversight Board Says
Meta’s Oversight Board wants the company to revise its policies to prevent it from incentivising creators who post about dangerous extreme diets. As of now, creators posting through Meta’s Partner Monetization Program can earn ad revenues off of content that describes people trying to survive on only juice or no food at all for extended…
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Mastodon Has a Child Abuse Material Problem, Like Every Other Major Web Platform
A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralised social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Stanford’s Internet Observatory published new research this week that shows that decentralised sites have serious shortcomings when it comes to “child safety infrastructure.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t make…
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Amazon Court Filing Includes Chilling Death Threats Published On Parler
Amazon submitted a new filing in U.S. federal court on Tuesday in response to an emergency motion by Parler to restore its hosting services through Amazon’s AWS. Parler was kicked offline early Monday after Amazon said the social media company had violated its terms of service and Parler couldn’t find another company willing to do…