9 Best Articles in 2021
BuzzFeed
"A Honeypot For Assholes": Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
BuzzFeed
20+ min read · 137 saves · 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...
medium.com
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse — Humane Tech — Medium
medium.com
9 min read · 36 saves · 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…
BuzzFeed
After Reporting Abuse, Many Twitter Users Hear Silence Or Worse
BuzzFeed
~11 min read · 24 saves · From 2016 · 2,700 Twitter users told BuzzFeed News about their struggles with abuse on the social network.
youtube.com
Robot Tries to Escape from Children's Abuse
youtube.com
44 saves · 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 ...
In Social Media
Guardian Tech
Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 344 saves · 2019-11-24 · Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
In Social Media
TechCrunch
Hands on with Telepath, the social network taking aim at abuse, fake news and, to some extent,…
TechCrunch
10 min read · 71 saves · 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,…
Bloomberg
Twitter Ramps Up Fight Against Abuse and Malicious Bots
Bloomberg
4 min read · 36 saves · From 2018 · Twitter Inc. said it’s making changes to combat abuse and malicious automated accounts, including requiring more authentication for new users, in an effort to address complaints that social networking services have allowed harassment and manipulation to run rampant.
WIRED
Here Are Twitter's Latest Rules for Fighting Hate and Abuse
WIRED
6 min read · 39 saves · From 2017 · Memo outlines steps Twitter plans to control hate and abuse on the service, including expanded definitions of nudity and more enforcement.
Los Angeles Times
19 women allege medical abuse in Georgia immigration detention
Los Angeles Times
8 min read · 25 saves · 2020-10-23 · Records and a report obtained by the Times detail allegations of widespread medical abuse and forced sterilization against women held at an immigration detention center in Georgia. The report was…
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In Privacy
Guardian Tech
Facebook under pressure to resume scanning messages for child abuse in EU
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 19 saves · Jan 20th · Half of referrals for child sexual abuse material could be falling under the radar after changes to EU e-privacy directive
The Cut
The Memory War
The Cut
20+ min read · 41 saves · Jan 6th · Jennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse. Her parents’ attempt to discredit her created a defense for countless sex offenders.
The Atlantic
Trump Crosses a Bright Red Line
The Atlantic
2 min read · 27 saves · Jan 4th · David Frum · The president’s nonstop abuse of power seems determined to force a reckoning.
The New York Times
E.U. Privacy Rule Would Rein In the Hunt for Online Child Sexual Abuse
The New York Times
6 min read · 21 saves · 2020-12-04 · Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown looms.
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WIRED
Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
WIRED
8 min read · 114 saves · 2019-04-03 · Galperin has already convinced Kaspersky to flag domestic abuse spyware as malware. She expects more companies to follow.
Psychology Today
5 Non-Obvious Signs Your Relationship Is Toxic
Psychology Today
4 min read · 69 saves · 2020-06-12 · Abuse isn't the only thing that can make love toxic.
The New York Times
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
The New York Times
6 min read · 172 saves · From 2018 · Nellie Bowles · Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control.
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CSS abuse
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2 min read · 45 saves · From 2018 · A collection of examples of how to push the CSS to its limits
Cosmopolitan
Sex Abuse Crisis in Amish Country
Cosmopolitan
~14 min read · 26 saves · 2020-01-14 · A year of reporting—an exclusive partnership between Cosmo and Type Investigations—reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse.
Twitter
Progress on addressing online abuse
Twitter
1 min read · 25 saves · From 2016 · Twitter is the fastest way to see what's happening and what everyone is talking about. What makes Twitter great is that it's open to everyone and every opinion. We've seen a growing trend of people...
Guardian Tech
Facebook apologises for search suggestions of child abuse videos
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 24 saves · From 2018 · Searches starting ‘video of’ returned autocomplete suggestions of sexual videos and child abuse content
WIRED
Russia Didn’t Abuse Facebook : It Simply Used It As Intended
WIRED
6 min read · 116 saves · From 2018 · Opinion: When ISIS uses Twitter to recruit or a landlord uses Airbnb to discriminate, that’s not exploiting the platforms' glitches—that’s using their features.
In Twitter
exponents.co
Pulse Of The Planet, Flatlined: Why Twitter Can't Grow
exponents.co
~14 min read · 102 saves · From 2017 · No, it's not rampant, unchecked abuse, weak leadership, or a product that intimidates new users. The roots of Twitter's stagnation go all the way back to 2010.
