The person behind “Your Fave Is Problematic” Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable actions by celebrities, says she looks back on her blog with shame and regret
What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s … Tweets: @kattenbarge , @bafeldman , @mathewi , @michkeenah , @thelindsayellis , @iguanas_ , @st...
California-based software company Esri's ArcGIS software is powering coronavirus dashboards for more than 3,700 organizations worldwide
With roughly a zillion different sources out there for coronavirus information, experts and authorities are rapidly iterating on ways to best present useful information to the public. Tweets: @mountai...
Facebook's tactic of announcing features to a small minority of its users often garners positive press coverage, even if the features aren't live for most
Yesterday, Facebook announced an uncharacteristically useful tool, one that would transfer photos from a user's Facebook account to their Google Photos account. Tweets: @yoda , @mikeisaac , and @bafel...
Reflecting on VidCon, it's clear that influencers' command of social media foreshadows future power in politics and elsewhere
As social media expands its cultural dominance, the people who can steer the online conversation will have an upper hand. — ANAHEIM, Calif. … Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @joshspero , @nytimesbusiness...
Facebook supports 111 languages, but translates content rules to just 41, and its moderation staff speaks ~50; deficit leaves it struggling to monitor content
NAIROBI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered … Tweets: @yolandavalery and @bafeldman See also Mediagazer Tweets...
The rise on Instagram of “meme accounts” like @fuckjerry, which steal jokes, videos, and other content, is a platform failure Instagram refuses to acknowledge
The past few weeks have been rough for Elliot Tebele. Tebele is the morally compromised founder of Jerry Media … Tweets: @nymag , @carnage4life , and @joshconstine Tweets: @nymag : Instagram has done...
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure
and that it might be toxic Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Quartz's new app is banking on big names like Richard Branson to help create a 'constructive … Recode : Recode Daily: Facebook battles re...
How Philippine's President Duterte utilized Facebook, used by 97% of Filipino internet users, to spread his message before weaponizing it to target dissent
Rodrigo Duterte walked down the aisle of a packed auditorium at De La Salle University in downtown Manila, shaking hands and waving … Tweets: @bafeldman , @chafkin , @peterwsinger , @carlfranzen , @sa...