An investigation shows how vigilantes use Facebook to incite ethnic killings in Ethiopia, accusing Meta of inaction on hate speech and misinformation
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A look at Cardano, a controversial blockchain-based project led by Ethereum cofounder Charles Hoskinson that aims to build a national ID system for Ethiopia
There are countless examples of the dangers posed by national ID schemes, including from Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, India and elsewhere. Tweets: @hackylawyer , @hijodelcuervo , @ahcastor , and @bronwenm...
Researchers and journalists in Ethiopia say Meta has done little to stop hate speech amid Ethiopia's civil war, claiming moderation often falls to volunteers
which Facebook has designated its highest risk level and repeatedly made assurances it is dedicating resources to monitoring — researchers and journalists say that hate is still spreading unabated and...
Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals
> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and break things” with “regu...
Facebook's research on teens and mental health is not as conclusive as it appears, relying on teens' self-reported views and a small sample size
With each Facebook crisis, we become savvier … Jean Twenge / The Conversation : Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens Maxwell Strachan / VICE : Fa...
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Beloved Growth Team Ha...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Activists say ethnic violence in Ethiopia in recent months has been supercharged by hate speech on Facebook, which says it has increased monitoring of content
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa sang about love …
A look at various apps aimed at overseas domestic workers, which can help them find jobs, facilitate money transfers, and report labor abuse
a real risk for many of these already quite vulnerable workers. Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : There are people like Myrna Padilla, once a domestic worker herself, trying to find tech solutions to interv...
The tragedy of Ethiopia's internet: an instrument of surveillance, and only 3.7% have access
Justin Lynch / Motherboard : Tweets: @lpolgreen , @smith_jeffreyt , @sallyhayd , @thebanderson , @ilana_u and @pschwartzstein Tweets: Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen : Just 3.7% of Ethiopians have intern...