Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting
and they're not removing it because it 'doesn't violate their terms of service.' https://twitter.com/... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : The Buffalo shooting video is circulating online. One copy has mo...
Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch
again Kevin Webb / Business Insider : A YouTuber who was reportedly connected to the Christchurch shooter had his channel deleted … Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill : YouTube takes down Infowars again X...
El Paso, the third mass shooting announced on 8chan, shows how its /pol/ board deliberately radicalizes users into mass shooters and gamifies massacring people
lone shooter, assault rifle, online manifesto, a link to a live stream—appears to be contagious. https://www.newyorker.com/... Dave Zatz / @davezatz : @Techmeme 'Let's do nothing because it's just not...
Profile of Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, who admits AI alone may not be enough to deal with toxic content and chokes up when discussing the issue
Facebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won't solve everything. Tweets: @cademetz , @vboykis ...
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Google, and Amazon sign on to the Christchurch Call to Action, commit to a 9-point plan to stop spread of terrorist content online
resolute in our commitment—to ensure we're doing all we can to fight the hatred & extremism that lead to terrorist violence. Aditya Raj Kaul / @adityarajkaul : #BREAKING: India supports France and New...
Online extremism researchers face a similar toll on their mental health as content moderators, but, without anonymity, their work leaves them open to harassment
A COUPLE OF hours after the Christchurch massacre, I was on the phone with Whitney Phillips, a Syracuse professor whose research focuses …
In wake of Christchurch shooting, YouTube still hosts neo-Nazi propaganda and podcasts; after an inquiry, it demonetized several videos but did not delete them
Ben Makuch / Motherboard :
Since the Christchurch shootings, Reddit's r/CringeAnarchy and r/The_Donald continue to host anti-Muslim hate speech justifying it and violence against Muslims
And the platform doesn't seem to care. — Days after the tragic shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand …
Instagram, which has largely escaped scrutiny, is teeming with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist memes, linked by its recommendation algorithm
When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017 … Tweets: @mims , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @elcush , @sl...
As platforms crack down on other forms of hate, experts and researchers say anti-Muslim bigotry has spread unchecked on Facebook and other social networks
Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon moved to remove or reduce the spread of anti-vaccination content after recent public outcry. Tweets: @buzzfeedyarns , @miriamelder , @buzzfeedben , @brandyzadrozny , and ...