#social-media-moderation

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fromFortune
3 hours ago

Social media could use more moderation | Fortune

On Thursday, a video popped up on my X feed, displaying the very moment that political activist Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck as he sat on a stool onstage at a college campus, talking with students and observers. There was no warning, no prompt before the video started playing-only an instant replay of the exact moment of gory violence that would immediately make waves around the country and the world.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Trump Adviser Demands Elon Musk Ban Anonymous Users From Cesspool' Social Network

Peter Navarro urged Elon Musk to remove anonymous users and foreign accounts from X, calling it a cesspool and prompting widespread bipartisan backlash.
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Liberty was never meant to be limitless

Joanna Massey, PhD, is one of those business leaders, and she is not afraid to challenge the status quo. She is a corporate board director, Fortune 500 executive, and expert in corporate governance and crisis communications. With advanced degrees in business, law, and psychology, she brings a unique, interdisciplinary perspective to one of the most pressing issues of our time: how to protect free speech in the digital age without sacrificing public safety and democracy.
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fromIndependent
4 days ago

Adrian Weckler: Search through social media reveals graphic videos of Charlie Kirk assassination can still be widely found - but why?

Graphic violent footage and platform loopholes are intensifying political tensions and prompting accusations of censorship against media regulators.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

'Bigger than a bow': Women's Rugby World Cup organisers take aim at online hate

Community-led support, ribbon-making, and social-media monitoring confronted online abuse of Wales player Georgia Evans for wearing a bow.
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fromWIRED
1 week ago

How Disinformation About the Minnesota Shooting Spread Like Wildfire on X

X's weakened moderation and engagement-maximizing algorithm amplified rapid spread of dangerous, unfounded claims and extremist content after the Minneapolis church shooting.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

House Republican Falls For Wild AI Video of Tim Walz Hating on Trump

A Republican congressman shared an AI-generated video falsely depicting Minnesota's governor in a profane T-shirt and dancing, prompting ridicule and an AI warning on X.
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fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images

A child sexual-abuse victim urges Elon Musk to stop links on X that promote and sell images of her abuse still circulating online.
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