9 Best Articles in 2021
BuzzFeed
"A Honeypot For Assholes": Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
BuzzFeed
20+ min read · 138 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
~12 min read · 24 saves · From 2016 · 2,700 Twitter users told BuzzFeed News about their struggles with abuse on the social network.
New York Magazine
Abuse and Power
New York Magazine
20+ min read · 98 saves · Mar 12th · Inside Andrew Cuomo’s toxic workplace.
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 ...
Guardian Tech
Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 347 saves · 2019-11-24 · Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
Bloomberg
Twitter Ramps Up Fight Against Abuse and Malicious Bots
Bloomberg
5 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.
TechCrunch
Hands on with Telepath, the social network taking aim at abuse, fake news and, to some extent,…
TechCrunch
~11 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,…
WIRED
Here Are Twitter's Latest Rules for Fighting Hate and Abuse
WIRED
7 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.
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New York Magazine
Abuse and Power
New York Magazine
20+ min read · 98 saves · Mar 12th · Inside Andrew Cuomo’s toxic workplace.
Esquire
Dr. Richard Strauss Sexual Abuse at Ohio State University
Esquire
20+ min read · 31 saves · Feb 24th · Mike Schyck and hundreds of other Ohio State University athletes suffered sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss. Schyck and many others say then-OSU assistant wrestling coach Jim Jordan—now a…
Guardian Tech
Facebook guidelines allow for users to call for death of public figures
Guardian Tech
4 min read · 81 saves · Mar 23rd · Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show
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CSS abuse
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3 min read · 45 saves · From 2018 · A collection of examples of how to push the CSS to its limits
The New York Times
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
The New York Times
7 min read · 174 saves · From 2018 · Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control.
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…
Twitter
Progress on addressing online abuse
Twitter
2 min read · 26 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...
WIRED
Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
WIRED
8 min read · 114 saves · From 2019 · Galperin has already convinced Kaspersky to flag domestic abuse spyware as malware. She expects more companies to follow.
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.
WIRED
Russia Didn’t Abuse Facebook : It Simply Used It As Intended
WIRED
6 min read · 117 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.
Psychology Today
5 Non-Obvious Signs Your Relationship Is Toxic
Psychology Today
5 min read · 69 saves · 2020-06-12 · Abuse isn't the only thing that can make love toxic.
