Vox

APRIL 6, 2021

On Tuesday, the company released for the first time a statistic called the “violative view rate,” a new data point YouTube plans to include in its community guideline enforcement reports. Keep in mind that YouTube’s own reviewers — not independent auditors — decide what counts as a violation of YouTube’s guidelines.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Here are some things you must look at: Familiarize yourself with accessibility guidelines and standards, and ensure that your digital book creator supports text-to-speech functionality. Join relevant social media groups, forums, or online communities where authors, publishers, and content creators discuss their experiences.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Their marketing team could then use GPT-3’s capability to produce original content and help them brainstorm ideas for social media or blog posts and engage with fans more quickly.”. That means their service will offer tools like “access management, private networking, data handling protections [and] scaling capacity.”.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

She discouraged those who don’t meet those criteria from getting tested if the sole purpose is a “safety check” to accommodate travel and social gatherings. — Mara Hansen Staples (@marakatherine1) November 20, 2020. Charissa Fotinos, Washington state’s COVID testing lead at a briefing this week. ”

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”. Games, in Apple’s eyes, aren’t to be treated the same as music, movies, and TV shows, but rather as software that warrants careful inspection lest they be updated later in ways that violate its strict content guidelines, the company tells The Verge.

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Vox

AUGUST 20, 2020

Prompted by Spotify’s complaint, the European Commission announced in June 2020 that it was investigating Apple for antitrust violations. The company even refused to offer Fortnite in Google’s Play store until April 2020, but because Android doesn’t force users to get apps through that store, Android users could still get the game.

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Vox

JULY 11, 2022

In spring 2020, several large, family-friendly TikTok accounts posted videos where they pulled pranks on their friends and family members. Because noncompliance is so pervasive, I am not surprised to see agencies showcase work that violates the law,” Robert Freund, a lawyer who specializes in social media advertising law, told Recode.

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2020

Yesterday we talked about how a recent social media conflict between journalists and the tech world might be better framed as a conflict between managers and their employees. Today I want to look at that conflict from another angle — how it played out on the buzzy, audio-only, invite-only social network Clubhouse.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Clubhouse is currently an invite-only audio app, but influential entrepreneurs and investors are crowning it the next major social media network. These statistics are a promising sign for the fledgling audio platform, which was launched in March 2020. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images. What is Clubhouse, and how does it work?

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

You might compare that to Elon Musk, who in 2019 promised a fleet of 1 million Tesla robotaxis on the streets by the end of 2020. I spoke to you in February of 2020 on The Vergecast , and then the whole world flipped over, but I’m glad to have you back on Decoder. He thinks self-driving cars will be “ready when [they’re] ready.”

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2021

In the United States, 11 percent of adults reported feeling depressed between January and June 2019; by December 2020, that number had nearly quadrupled, to 42 percent. Preliminary data about suicides in 2020 is mixed , but the number of drug overdoses soared, and experts believe many were likely intentional.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Information is power We talk a lot about the creator economy here on Decoder — the booming business of individuals using social platforms to build audiences and then finding ways to monetize those audiences, mostly through subscriptions or advertising. Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge. What is F**k You Pay Me? She’s the OG.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Lil Nas X’s “Panini,” NASA’s social media presence, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, and John Krasinski’s Some Good News YouTube show are among the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

But Jo, who worked at the company as a social media coordinator, found that her white boss did not agree. In June 2020, they went public, sharing screenshots and stories of their experiences with the hashtag #NotMyCrisisTextLine on Twitter. It’s very sad, but I’m struggling to see relevance,” she said. Wasn’t the murder 10 weeks ago?”.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

The 283-page report, which was published today, is called “ The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election.” The report builds on work that the partnership did leading up to and after November to identify and counter false narratives about the 2020 US presidential election. no widespread fraud.

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Vox

JANUARY 13, 2021

In the beginning of 2020, Morayo Ogunbayo was aware that the vast majority of women did not look like Kendall Jenner. The problem is that these conversations are largely taking place on social media, platforms that in the past have proven severely unequipped to host the kinds of nuanced and deeply personal discussions the subject requires.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

In 2020, that means building not just a website but also an app — several of them, actually. of Apple’s guidelines for app developers, which says in essence that if you want people to be able to buy stuff in your app, you need to do it using Apple’s payments system.” Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Governing. ?

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Vox

MAY 17, 2021

Parler, the conservative-friendly “free speech” social media app, is back in the Apple App Store. But like anything involving social media and free speech, its return is complicated. The reality is, virtually all major social media networks have rules against violent and hateful content.

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Vox

MARCH 26, 2021

At Thursday’s hearing on misinformation and social media, several members of Congress took aim at the company’s engagement algorithms, saying they spread misinformation in order to maximize profits. At least one member of Congress is suggesting that social media companies might need a special regulatory agency.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The tension might have stayed at a low simmer were it not for a Slack channel — #remote-work-advocacy — created in September 2020 to promote a more flexible working environment. Facebook employees seemingly spent all of 2020 leaking their discontent to the press. That is, unless Apple claims they’ve violated company policy.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 7, 2020

Summary: Building an operating network takes more than protocols or even code. Social systems that are enduring, scalable, and generative require coherence among participants. Developer communities, like any other social system need coherence. It requires aligning the efforts of people to get a hard thing done. Governance.

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Vox

DECEMBER 29, 2021

She says she was fired in 2020 (Google says she resigned) over a conflict related to one of her research papers. Zhang has been invited to speak before the UK Parliament, lawmakers in India, and other governmental bodies about regulation to limit the harm of social media platforms like Facebook. A new network of tech whistleblowers.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

The first is that Apple will now allow developers to appeal a specific violation of an App Store guideline, and that there will also be a separate process for challenging the guideline itself. Despite this, Trump’s huge social media following almost guarantees any tweet will be widely seen on Twitter.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Yesterday we talked about the audio-only social network Clubhouse , which found itself at the center of controversy after failing to take action or even make a public comment after users began to experience harassment within the app. Of course, it’s easy to laugh at some of the puritanical content guidelines TikTok has established.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A massive new document release shows chaos and confusion inside the world’s most powerful social network For months, Facebook has been shaken by a steady leak of documents from whistleblower Frances Haugen, beginning in The Wall Street Journal but spreading to government officials and nearly any outlet with an interest in the company.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

The latter app also drove growth in kids’ social app use by 100% in 2019 and 200% in 2020, the report found. So basically, before TikTok, kids used social apps a certain amount. If you are working on a social app, this is a good sign that you are doing something right. Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine ).

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

The big social platforms, who were once loath to intervene in matters of political speech, are getting much more comfortable with the idea. Facebook bans a violent Boogaloo network. for 5G networks. Some are deleting their social media profiles entirely. Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images. India bans TikTok.

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

YouTube, Facebook, and other social media networks prepared for the 2020 elections in November by setting up policies around labeling and banning misinformation and calls for violence. The tone was decidedly different on pro-Trump social platforms. One of the “Super Chat” tips sent into a live stream.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A similar dynamic is playing out on the neighborhood social network NextDoor, where a let-the-users-do-it approach to moderation has left many black users feeling fearing for their safety. Facebook removed two networks of inauthentic accounts in May. Is Google Docs “the social media of the resistance” ? “In

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Vox

JANUARY 7, 2021

The largely unmoderated and right-wing social network was also involved in the planning of the insurrection , leading some to worry that Parler is a new hotbed of misinformation and extremist activity. In the final days of the 2020 election, Parler’s popularity exploded.

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Vox

AUGUST 1, 2023

Policymakers have been focusing on similar issues in social media and online advertising for some time now, with common proposals including a full ban on using personal data to target ads , and FTC action to require “data minimization” in which websites can only collect data relevant to a narrow function of the site.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Editor’s note: We’re barreling toward the 2020 election with big unresolved problems in election interference — from foreign actors to domestic troublemakers. So, let’s imagine The New York Times has hired me to help them threat model and practice for 2020. First, you think about your likely adversaries in 2020.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It’s social media — minus the curation algorithms and content moderation. Open the app, there are profiles pushing doubt about the 2020 election’s results and declarations that the mainstream tech platforms are targeting free speech. In the final days of the 2020 election, Parler’s popularity exploded.

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Vox

JUNE 12, 2023

The channels have guidelines and 10 community moderators to make sure nothing goes off the rails. They spent a lot of time reconsidering what they wanted out of life, and for many, a more fulfilling social and community life became a top order. People seek advice, invite others to join them at concerts, and organize community service.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter all rely on huge numbers of third-party contract workers to police their networks, and traditionally those workers have worked side by side in big offices. But with usage of social networks surging and an election on the horizon, the need for moderation had never been greater. Governing. ?

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Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But over the coming weeks and months, she’ll be far from the only person showing up in social media feeds getting inoculated. At the dawn of the pandemic, celebrities and influencers flooded our feeds with content urging us to take preventive measures, like hand-washing, social distancing, and mask-wearing. Kennedy Jr.,

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Social networks contain multitudes. Facebook has sometimes faced doubts over why a social network would invest so much time and money into a hardware project with no uncertain payoff. It doesn’t fit the kind of social use cases that we primarily care about. Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge. Ashley Gold / Axios ).

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