Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared some difficult news, a few of our projects have come to a close after not meeting their funding goals. We know that’s never easy to hear. But we also want to take a moment to share what hasn’t changed – what is continuing, growing, and making a difference […]| IFTAS Blog
We are pleased to to announce the release of the 2024 Fediverse Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report. This annual report is a cornerstone of our mission to support the decentralised social we…| IFTAS Blog
Crisp's analysis of a popular trend in online harms targeting minors shows how predators are leveraging curated content to evade moderation and operate in plain sight| Resolver
At Yelp, we understand the significant influence online reviews have on people’s purchasing decisions, which is why we take extensive measures to maintain reliable and helpful content on our platform, putting consumer trust at the center of everything we do. To further understand what makes online reviews helpful and trustworthy, we partnered with YouGov to […]| Yelp - Official Blog
Bluesky has been melting down in a fight over controversial journalist Jesse Singal, and pedophilia allegations have been flying freely. The post Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal appeared first on Jeremy Malcolm.| Jeremy Malcolm
What should a social media platform do about content that is lawful, complies with the platform’s terms of service, but could be offensive to some of its users? Expecting users to deal with such content by proactively blocking it will burden and drive them away. On the other hand, burying such content leads to a […] The post Dead Dove: a content warning plugin for WordPress appeared first on Jeremy Malcolm.| Jeremy Malcolm
Did you know that bringing a comic book into Australia that contains scenes of consensual sexual bondage is illegal? That you could be arrested for doing so, under the same provision of the Customs Act that you’d be arrested for if you brought in real child sexual abuse material (CSAM)? This is just one of […] The post Drawing the Line: Australia’s Misguided War on Comics appeared first on Jeremy Malcolm.| Jeremy Malcolm
Among the many challenges that image moderators face, one is the lack of open source tooling to support their work. Platforms are forced to either fork out big sums for proprietary image moderation dashboards geared at the enterprise (such as Thorn’s Safer.io), or to reinvent the wheel by creating their own dashboards and their own […] The post Modtools Image: Open Source Image Moderation appeared first on Jeremy Malcolm.| Jeremy Malcolm
