Q&A with Del Harvey, who led Twitter's trust and safety team for 13 years until 2021, on the X rebrand, her role, Gamergate, Donald Trump, January 6, and more
From Israel vs. Hamas threats to Donald Trump's “wild” posts, Del Harvey helped make the platform's hardest content moderation calls for 13 years. Mastodon: @anildash@me.dm , @aulia@octodon.social , @...
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters
Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? Tweets: @benthompson , @cliomiso , @asymmetricinfo , @can , @bdomenech , @maxwellstrachan , @dandre...
Sources: Dataminr, an official Twitter partner, relayed tweets and other social media posts about BLM protesters directly to police, contrary to earlier claims
particularly Black, Indigenous, and people of color — to further surveillance and state violence. https://twitter.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : A lot of surveillance firms survived the short burst...
Profile of ComplaintsBureau.com owner Scott Breitenstein, who decided to ban revenge porn on his site after interviews for this piece
At Home with a Revenge Porn Mogul — Scott Breitenstein has been called an “internet terrorist,” “the worst man on the internet,” and worse. Tweets: @ryanlcooper , @emmaroller , @thisisfusion , @case...