Investigation: some Pinterest users are creating sex-themed image boards of kids and the company's algorithm surfaces such content for adults who seek it out
Jesselyn Cook / NBC News : Tweets: @mike_salter and @_andyburrows Tweets: Michael Salter / @mike_salter : Another example where social media recommendation engines will curate and promote child conte...
Investigation: Instagram let a man accused of selling photos of children to pedophiles share images on two accounts months after he was charged and arrested
A photographer accused of selling photos to pedophiles is allowed to use Instagram for months after he's arrested. Tweets: @chriss_m , @liannamcdonald , @iblametom , @forbesasia , @cdnchildprotect , a...
Meta adds basic parental controls for Quest VR, almost three years after launching the headset, starting with an unlock pattern for specific apps in April
we're committed to providing more customized controls for parents and the community. Full details: https://www.oculus.com/... Andy Burrows / @_andyburrows : These are welcome but small steps to addres...
Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch
Patreon had this rule years ago and it made a lot of sense for what was largely an intermediary system. https://www.theverge.com/... Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss : This is exactly what I have been ...
UK expands broadcast regulator Ofcom's role to include online content, giving it the ability to enforce content standards on social media
but punts all the hard decisions to either the companies or to later in the year https://www.politico.eu/... https://twitter.com/... ICO / @iconews : You can read our full statement regarding the gove...
Ex-Facebook staffers on how Facebook's focus on growth metrics in performance reviews prodded staff to game the system and ignore other impacts of their work
former PM at FB https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : “...When business page admins did something with FB's tools, they'd count as active. So the team would keep sending noti...