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Advertisers and Social Media Companies Agree On Steps to Curb Hate Speech

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have come to an agreement with a collective of advertisers on steps to curb hate speech and other harmful content on their platforms. They’re baby steps but steps nonetheless, I suppose. According to Reuters, the move comes three months after the George Floyd protests spurred advertisers to boycott Facebook over its…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

September 23, 2020
Twitter Has a Serious Harassment and Abuse Problem but Doesn’t Seem to Want to Cure It

Every single day on Twitter, I encounter abuse and harassment in some form or another. I’m targeted for being a woman; I’m targeted for being black; I’m targeted for being a journalist; and I’m targeted for being a black woman who works for a black media organization. It’s nothing new. It’s been happening for a…

By

Monique Judge

Published

October 30, 2017