9 Best Articles in 2022
Texas Monthly
For These Texas Gymnasts, Reporting a Coach for Sexual Abuse Only Prolonged Their Ordeal
Texas Monthly
~18 min read · Jan 20th · Eighteen months after notifying USA Gymnastics and its investigative arm of the coach’s alleged abuse, the women are still waiting for a resolution.
Reader View · Shared by 67
BuzzFeed
"A Honeypot For Assholes": Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
BuzzFeed
20+ min read · From 2016 · For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnatin...
Reader View · Shared by 137, including Jacob Jarnvall, Bjorn Larsen, Björn Koblow, Daniel Jörg, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Luis Roig, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Anthony Hamelle, César Suárez, Ernie Smith, Stephanie A Kowalski, Nick Lüthi, grimm, Ryan Boren, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Oliver Fuchs, Veronika Lampion, Jane, Mark Kaigwa
medium.com
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse — Humane Tech — Medium
medium.com
9 min read · From 2016 · After building online communities for two decades, we’ve learned how to fight abuse. It’s a solvable problem. We just have to stop…
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Mathew Ingram, Jay Rosen, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Ryan Boren, anildash, osioke.eth, Esther Schindler, Merkstatt, Richard MacManus
The Guardian
Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber surveillance weapon
The Guardian
9 min read · 2021-07-18 · Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests
Reader View · Shared by 701, including Tim Copeland, Alex Tabarrok, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID, Chris Heilmann, Carissa Véliz, David Ndii, Carl Zimmer, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Maarten Lambrechts, Sascha Venohr, Privacy Matters 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🌻, Thomas Power, Vinny Lingham, Steve Faulkner, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, hakan, Ian Schlakman, John Koetsier
Aeon+Psyche
Curtailing anonymity is a first step to reducing online abuse
Aeon+Psyche
9 min read · 2021-12-20 · Anonymous users generate most toxic abuse and conspiracy theories online. The right to be anonymous should be curtailed
Reader View · Shared by 88, including Nigel Warburton 🧡 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦, Anita Leirfall, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, Adam Tinworth
TechCrunch
Hands on with Telepath, the social network taking aim at abuse, fake news and, to some extent,…
TechCrunch
~11 min read · 2020-10-11 · There’s no doubt that modern social networks have let us down. Filled with hate speech and abuse, moderation and anti-abuse tools were an afterthought they’re now trying to cram in. Meanwhile,…
Reader View · Shared by 70, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ex Apologist, Johannes Lenz, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Matt Navarra, Nick Lüthi
Guardian Tech
Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web
Guardian Tech
2 min read · From 2019 · Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
Reader View · Shared by 352, including Mark Little, Grzegorz Wapiński, Steve Faulkner, Oliver Raduner, Gabriele, Thomas Power, Chris Isak , Neuropsychology, Mathew Ingram, Richard Dawkins, Merkstatt, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Johnston, Pablo Felip, Katja Evertz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, zoeamar, Chris Heilmann, Ines Bieler, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum
The New York Times
The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence
The New York Times
20+ min read · Mar 1st · Research shows that survivors of abuse can sustain head trauma more often than football players. But they are almost never diagnosed.
Reader View · Shared by 72, including Timothy Lomauro, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
WIRED
Inside the Takedown that Shredded the Myth of Crypto’s Anonymity
WIRED
Apr 7th · The users of the largest known child sex abuse site in history thought their bitcoins were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
Shared by 160, including Sonja Peteranderl, Cory Doctorow, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Howard Getson, Sarah Tavel, Tactical Tech, Colin Wright, Backchannel, David Frum, Mwaniki Gachoki, Michael Seemann, Joanna J Bryson, Neil Lee
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The Washington Post
How Twitter lost the celebs
The Washington Post
May 12th · From Justin Bieber to Lady Gaga, Twitter’s most followed accounts have quieted over the years. Hollywood insiders say abuse and harassment are to blame — and Elon Musk probably won’t help.
Shared by 118, including BenYT, Bjorn Larsen, Taylor Lorenz @ VidCon, Eli Pariser 🏞📲, Arie Goldshlager, Mathew Ingram, Tactical Tech, Katja Evertz
CNN
Children are more likely to succeed if they live in this type of environment
CNN
4 min read · May 20th · It has long been reported that children with great family connection have lower chances of poor outcomes like drug abuse, but this study revealed that bond can also have a strong positive effect.
Reader View · Shared by 71
Guardian Books
Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso review
Guardian Books
3 min read · May 13th · This unnerving debut novel about emotional scars being inflicted down the generations reads like witness testimony
Reader View · Shared by 107
The Cut
Stop Forcing Me to Endure the Horror of Depp v. Heard
The Cut
6 min read · May 25th · The defamation trial against Amber Heard by Johnny Depp has turned abuse into online entertainment. For survivors, it’s shattering.
Reader View · Shared by 83
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BuzzFeed
After Reporting Abuse, Many Twitter Users Hear Silence Or Worse
BuzzFeed
~12 min read · From 2016 · 2,700 Twitter users told BuzzFeed News about their struggles with abuse on the social network.
Shared by 23, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Matt Navarra, Christiane Link, Ryan Boren, Thomas Pleil, Mathew Ingram
The Washington Post
Opinion: We built a system like Apple’s to flag child sexual abuse material — and concluded the…
The Washington Post
4 min read · 2021-08-19 · There’s a reason civil liberties groups are calling for Apple to abandon its system.
Reader View · Shared by 132, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, George M 🇪🇺, Tactical Tech, Mathew Ingram, Matthew Green
youtube.com
Robot Tries to Escape from Children's Abuse
youtube.com
From 2015 · This video is part of “Escaping from Children’s Abuse of Social Robots,” by Dražen Brščić, Hiroyuki Kidokoro, Yoshitaka Suehiro, and Takayuki Kanda from ATR ...
Shared by 51, including Stephan Woodtli, Florian Hanke 🍎, Dominik Grolimund, Kemal Ogün Işık, Danilo Heroso de Deus Pereira, jean marc manach, Hans Bickhofe, Kaspar Manz
The New York Times
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2018 · Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control.
Reader View · Shared by 174, including Jochen Burkhard, Daniel Boos, Javi Cantón, Christian P. Stobbe, Ⓓarío Macchi, Dana DiTomaso, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Thomas Power, Bernhard Huessy, Merkstatt, Yvette Dubel, Inurfacesuka Дедечка, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦
platformer.news
🚨 The battle inside Signal
platformer.news
~11 min read · 2021-01-26 · The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm
Reader View · Shared by 131, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Casey Newton, Helmi, Chris Isak , Mark Little, Mathew Ingram, Johannes Lenz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
WIRED
Here Are Twitter's Latest Rules for Fighting Hate and Abuse
WIRED
7 min read · From 2017 · Memo outlines steps Twitter plans to control hate and abuse on the service, including expanded definitions of nudity and more enforcement.
Shared by 39, including Merkstatt, Luca Hammer, Thomas Power, Klaus Eck, Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram
Mosaic
Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
Mosaic
~17 min read · From 2017 · In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Why won’t other countries follow suit?
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 144, including Jane, Samuel Hauser, Dez S. Papp, The Psychologist, Tom Connor, Merkstatt, Oliver Raduner, Matt Vance, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Draven
VICE
Police Records Show Women Are Being Stalked With Apple AirTags Across the Country
VICE
10 min read · Apr 6th · Motherboard obtained reports of stalking, harassment, and abuse using Airtags, targeting victims of intimate partner violence.
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Dr. Alec Couros, Tactical Tech, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Vicki Davis, Carissa Véliz
WIRED
Why Is Google Slow-Walking Its Breakthroughs in AI?
WIRED
3 min read · From 2019 · The company’s new facial-recognition service comes with limitations to prevent abuse, which sometimes lets competitors take the lead.
Shared by 122, including Ronald van Loon, Tamara McCleary, Ian M Calvert, Nige Willson, Iain Brown, PhD, MichelleRobbins, Andreas Staub, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Kirk Borne, Backchannel, Luca Like, Dominik Grolimund, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
