9 Best Articles in 2022
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...
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
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…
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,…
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
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
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.
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.
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 ...
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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
apple.com
Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware
apple.com
3 min read · 2021-11-23 · Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group to hold it accountable for abusive surveillance and the targeting of a small number of Apple users.
WIRED
The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion
WIRED
2 min read · 2021-12-26 · The “real estate of the future” is plagued by buggy software, empty servers, and huge opportunities for abuse.
WIRED
The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways
WIRED
2 min read · 2021-12-15 · A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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?
WIRED
Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
WIRED
8 min read · From 2019 · Galperin has already convinced Kaspersky to flag domestic abuse spyware as malware. She expects more companies to follow.
Bloomberg
Twitter Ramps Up Fight Against Abuse and Malicious Bots
Bloomberg
5 min read · 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.
medium.com
One person’s history of Twitter, from beginning to end
medium.com
~11 min read · From 2017 · At some point in 2006, or possibly late 2005, Noah Glass walked into our office all excited about something. That in itself isn’t news…
exponents.co
Pulse Of The Planet, Flatlined: Why Twitter Can't Grow
exponents.co
~14 min read · 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.
