social issues
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YouTube’s Algorithms Aren’t Racist, Judge Says
A US federal judge in California has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit brought against YouTube and its parent company Google by non-white YouTube content creators who alleged the platform’s recommendation algorithms unfairly throttled and even removed their content. The judge, according to Reuters, said the plaintiffs in the case “do not come close” to proving…
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Twitter Threatens to Sue Hate Speech Researchers as It Unbans Kanye West
Elon Musk’s lawyer sent a letter threatening to sue a hate speech research group in late July, accusing the organisation of making “false and misleading claims” about Twitter in order to help the company’s competitors. Shortly after, Twitter unbanned Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, whom Musk kicked off the platform for tweeting…
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Spotify Hikes Premium Subscription Price in Australia
Spotify subscribers will see the price for their ad-free subscription go up starting in September.
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The Worst YouTube Apology Videos of All Time
One of the most maligned tropes of the social media age is the infamous apology video. Whether it be blackface, showing a dead body to children, posting racist tweets, a convention gone wrong, or texting minors, there have been plenty of apology videos posted in the last decade of YouTube’s popularity. The formula is pretty…