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 · · Eighteen months after notifying USA Gymnastics and its investigative arm of the coach’s alleged abuse, the women are still waiting for a resolution. · Shared by 69
BuzzFeed
"A Honeypot For Assholes": Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
BuzzFeed
20+ min read · · 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... · Shared by 137, including Jacob Jarnvall, Anthony Hamelle, Björn Koblow, Daniel Jörg, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Bjorn Larsen, César Suárez, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Stephanie A Kowalski, Nick Lüthi, grimm, Ryan Boren, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Oliver Fuchs, Veronika Lampion, Jane, Mark Kaigwa
World Economic Forum
The solution to online abuse? AI needs human intelligence
World Economic Forum
2 min read · · Automated detection and manual moderation of online abuse and threats to internet users are limited in their ability to adapt to complex threats at scale. · Shared by 113, including ipfconline #CES2023, Ian M Calvert, Prof. Sally Eaves #GartnerIO #reInvent #CES2023, Nicolas Babin #CES2023, Harold Sinnott 📲 #DigitalTransformation, Bob E. Hayes, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Iain Brown, PhD, AI
medium.com
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse — Humane Tech — Medium
medium.com
9 min read · · After building online communities for two decades, we’ve learned how to fight abuse. It’s a solvable problem. We just have to stop… · Shared by 41, including Mathew Ingram, Jay Rosen, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Ryan Boren, anildash, osioke.eth, Esther Schindler, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Richard MacManus
Aeon+Psyche
Curtailing anonymity is a first step to reducing online abuse
Aeon+Psyche
9 min read · · Anonymous users generate most toxic abuse and conspiracy theories online. The right to be anonymous should be curtailed · Shared by 88, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Anita Leirfall, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Adam Tinworth ☕️
The Guardian
Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber surveillance weapon
The Guardian
9 min read · · Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests · Shared by 704, including Cope (it's, over), Alex Tabarrok, Sascha Venohr, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ, ASID, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, hakan, David Ndii, Carl Zimmer, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Privacy Matters 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🌻, Thomas Power, Vinny Lingham, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Carissa Véliz, Ian Schlakman, John Koetsier
TechCrunch
Hands on with Telepath, the social network taking aim at abuse, fake news and, to some extent,…
TechCrunch
~11 min read · · 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,… · Shared by 70, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, ExApologist, Johannes Lenz, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Matt Navarra, Nick Lüthi
The Guardian
Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web
The Guardian
2 min read · · Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity · Shared by 354, including Mark Little, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Oliver Raduner, Gabriele, Thomas Power, Chris Isak , Neuropsychology, Mathew Ingram, Richard Dawkins, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Johnston, Pablo Felip, Katja Evertz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, zoeamar, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, 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 · · Research shows that survivors of abuse can sustain head trauma more often than football players. But they are almost never diagnosed. · Shared by 72, including Timothy Lomauro, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
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The New York Times
Report Details ‘Systemic’ Abuse of Players in Women’s Soccer
The New York Times
8 min read · · A yearlong investigation found U.S. Soccer executives, N.W.S.L. owners and coaches at all levels of American soccer had turned a blind eye toward years of reports of abuse from players. · Shared by 87, including ACLU, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
PsyPost.org
Victims of childhood abuse are biologically older than their peers in midlife, study indicates
PsyPost.org
2 min read · · New research has found that individuals who suffer physical or sexual abuse in childhood age faster than their non-abused peers. Published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, the researchers… · Shared by 20, including slumos
The Washington Post
‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts
The Washington Post
· A Twitter poll posted by Elon Musk shows 72 percent support granting “general amnesty” to accounts suspended for harassment, abuse and misinformation. · Shared by 44, including emilyherring@zirk.us, Timothy Caulfield, SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK, Arie Goldshlager
theface.com
Ponyboy Curtis: how a cult theatre director disguised abuse as art
theface.com
20+ min read · · Chris Goode was considered a genius playwright and director. But the boundaries he pushed were personal. Now his grooming of young actors is coming to light. THE FACE speaks to the survivors. · Shared by 45
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WIRED
Inside the Takedown that Shredded the Myth of Crypto’s Anonymity
WIRED
· 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 163, including Sonja Peteranderl (@glocalreporting@chaos.social), Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Backchannel, Howard Getson, Sarah Tavel, Tactical Tech, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Colin Wright, David Frum, Mwaniki Gachoki, Michael Seemann, Joanna J Bryson, Neil Lee
BuzzFeed
After Reporting Abuse, Many Twitter Users Hear Silence Or Worse
BuzzFeed
~12 min read · · 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
GQ India
Gaslighting: What are the signs and how do you deal with it?
GQ India
1 min read · · To be clear, gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse. · Shared by 146
Big Think
We exist. What can that fact teach us about the Universe?
Big Think
10 min read · · The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don't abuse it! · Shared by 216, including Carla Gentry
Tiny Buddha
How I'm Healing from Abuse After Going in Circles for Years
Tiny Buddha
8 min read · · Having a breakthrough doesn't guarantee healing. Here's what's helping me heal from abuse after going in circles for years. · Shared by 58
twitchard.github.io
Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven
twitchard.github.io
7 min read · · Software culture and the abuse of data · Shared by 208, including Rand Fishkin, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
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 · · There’s a reason civil liberties groups are calling for Apple to abandon its system. · Shared by 130, 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
· 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 50, including Stephan Woodtli, Florian Hanke 🍎, Dominik Grolimund, Kemal Ogün Işık, Danilo Heroso de Deus Pereira, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Hans Bickhofe, Kaspar Manz
historyworkshop.org.uk
Runaway Wives in Medieval London
historyworkshop.org.uk
7 min read · · How did women escape domestic abuse in late medieval London? Charlotte Berry explores how women navigated the social and economic barriers to leaving a violent marriage to find a safe place to live… · Shared by 110
