TikTok forms an EU Safety Advisory Council following scrutiny from regulators

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

TikTok has established a Safety Advisory Council for Europe that will shape its content moderation policies amid a buildup of complaints and probes against the app in the continent. The creation of the nine-member panel, which includes anti-bullying...

Pornhub removes all unverified videos from its platform

Posted on 14/12/2020 by Engadget

Last week, infamous porn-hosting site Pornhub made a big change by cutting off “unverified” uploads. Now, the company is taking things a step further and has removed all content that wasn’t uploaded by either a “content partner” or a verified user. O...

Pornhub ends unverified uploads and bans downloads

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Engadget

Pornhub is making major changes to its service following a New York Times article that highlighted how the site’s lax enforcement of its policies has enabled child exploitation.Among the changes: Pornhub is ending uploads from unverified users and ba...

DoJ asks Congress to limit protections for social media companies

Posted on 23/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Department of Justice (DoJ) is asking Congress to adopt a new law that would make Facebook, Google and Twitter liable for the way they moderate content, The Washington Post reports. The legislation would alter the controversial Section 230 so tha...

Facebook is reportedly testing a ‘virality circuit breaker’ to stop misinformation

Posted on 21/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is reportedly piloting a new way to check viral posts for misinformation before they spread too far, The Interface reports. The method is a kind of “virality circuit breaker” that slows the spread of content before moderators have a chance t...

YouTube blames bug for censoring comments on China’s ruling party

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For the past six months, YouTube has been automatically deleting two Chinese phrases that are frequently used to criticize the Communist Party of China (CCP). Google says it's investigating the issue, which The Verge was among the first to report on....

Facebook will pay content moderators $52 million in PTSD settlement

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has agreed to pay current and former content moderators in the US at least $1,000 each as part of a $52 million settlement, The Verge reports. The 11,250 moderators, who are based in the US, will receive the payments as compensation for ment...

Facebook bug marked legitimate coronavirus info as spam

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook was quick to say that it would fight coronavirus misinformation, but yesterday, one tool appeared to go haywire. Users reported that Facebook was marking posts with legitimate information and articles about the coronavirus as spam. According...

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