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Twitch responds to ‘Twitch Do Better’ movement with improved chat filters

The Verge

Raven believes they became a target for hate raids because they stream using the Black tag, a new Twitch feature that allows users to classify their streams with different markers. Last year, streamer CriticalBard was subjected to a wave of racist trolls when he became the temporary face of the “pogchamp” emote.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

The owner of a fan account with over 233,000 followers, which posts videos, photos, and memes related to the South Korean band, claims that their original header and profile picture, as well as multiple tweets including their own screenshots and memes, have been taken down by the trolls over the past few weeks.

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Timnit Gebru was fired from Google — then the harassers arrived

The Verge

To Gebru, the harassment wouldn’t be possible without Jeff Dean, who stayed quiet about the campaign for months, despite being tagged in numerous posts. “He They hide behind civility and enable the trolls. I didn’t even know about Pedro Domingos or his work before he started tagging me on Twitter.”. Who is fired?

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Twitter to Reply Guys: Don't @ Me

Gizmodo

It seems like social media companies are finally realizing that no one likes rando trolls blowing up their mentions. Taking a cue from Instagram’s latest tag and mention controls, Twitter has just started testing its own… Read more. Or being ratioed. Or having unwelcome porn bots reply to something you tweeted five years ago.

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Here’s how the #ADayOffTwitch strike impacted viewer hours on Amazon-owned Twitch

GeekWire

” Twitch introduced a new set of tags late in May , such as black, disabled, and transgender, that were intended to help streamers and audiences alike find communities on the platform. It’s also had the side effect of making it easier for online trolls to find their preferred sorts of targets.

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The ultimate LLM showdown begins

Dataconomy

’)” Same as Gemini, ChatGPT has also provided instructions on how to install the libraries but didn’t provide any detailed explanations of how the code works. ”Certainly!

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Conservative group used a bunch of teens to evade Twitter and Facebook moderation

The Verge

One way to avoid having your repetitive pro-Trump posts tagged as belonging to a bot is to hire teenagers in Arizona to behave like bots — and that’s exactly what The Washington Post reports conservative group Turning Point Action did. In this election, the troll farm is in Phoenix.”. In this election, the troll farm is in Phoenix.”.

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