DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Despite scattered reports … New York Times : Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote Kate Cox / Ars Technica : “Stay Home” robocalls to voters prompt FBI,...
Amazon third-party sellers are using Facebook and WeChat groups to find users who write fake reviews; Facebook removed three US groups linked to such schemes
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge : Tweets: @zoeschiffer Tweets: Zo Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : My favorite part of reporting this story was contacting one of the top reviewers on Amazon who mistook me for a sk...
Medium's opaque moderation of user-created content related to COVID-19 has allowed misinfo to spread, making it harder to tell fact from fiction on the platform
The platform empowers voices — and misinformation — On March 20th, an article about the novel coronavirus started to spread. Tweets: @zoeschiffer , @reckless , @niemanlab , and @knguyen Tweets: Zoe ...
Some couples, faced with orders to shelter in place to avoid COVID-19, are getting married at home with friends and relatives watching on Zoom
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, socially distanced weddings are moving online — The day — her day — was finally here. Tweets: @thekylehardy , @sokane1 , @tomwarren , @zoeschiffer , @dannypage...
Sources: Accenture has sent a form to Facebook content moderators working at a European facility requiring them to acknowledge that their job could cause PTSD
or else Mehreen Kasana / Input : Report: YouTube moderators forced to sign legal documents acknowledging possibility of PTSD BeauHD / Slashdot : YouTube Moderators Are Being Forced To Sign PTSD Forms ...
Some contractors at Google's Austin content moderation facility say they are overworked and begin seeing severe mental health consequences after just six months
These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD Tweets: @caseynewton , @zoeschiffer , @anotherhelen , @jenn_elias , @mslopatto , @reckless , an...