Alphabet's Jigsaw releases Tune, a Chrome extension that filters out “toxic” comments on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Disqus using its Perspective AI
The comments sections of websites bring out the best and worst of the internet — engaging insights are often found right next to enraging insults.
How comment hosting service Disqus, which gets ~2B unique visitors/month and supports anonymous comments, is losing its battle against trolls and hate speech
The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn't allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis. Tweets: @travelinganna , @slpng_giants ,...
Marketing tech company Zeta Global acquires commenting service Disqus, source says for ~$90M
Marketing tech company Zeta Global is making good use of its recent $140 million Series F funding round. After acquiring Boomtrain earlier this year, the company today announced it has acquired Disqu...
Spot.IM raises $25M Series C led by Insight Venture Partners for its Disqus-like comment platform for publications like Time, NBC, HuffPost, Engadget
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Comment hosting service Disqus says hackers stole email addresses and other data for 17.5M users in a 2012 breach; stolen passwords were hashed and salted
Yesterday, on October 5th, we were alerted to a security breach that impacted a database from 2012.
Comment hosting service Disqus says hackers stole email addresses and other data for 17.5M users in a 2012 breach; stolen passwords were hashed and salted
Yesterday, on October 5th, we were alerted to a security breach that impacted a database from 2012.
Disqus releases first iPhone app w/ support for tracking comments & discussions, more
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Disqus relaunches to turn your comments into a Reddit-like social network
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