When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix ...

Reddit has grown into a complex ecosystem where users compete for attention, credibility, and influence. At the center of this system are power users who understand how to navigate Reddit karma ...

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Peter Steinberger, the founder of OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI, and the open-source bot is becoming a foundation, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Sunday. "Peter Steinberger is joining ...

From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China. When he first noticed the traffic spike, Quintero ...

Every election cycle, Washington convinces itself that this will be the moment voters finally come home. Republicans think frustrated Americans will sprint back to the GOP once Democrats take a stance ...

TikTok has officially closed its long-anticipated deal with the U.S., aiming to address government concerns with data security and content moderation. But for many creators, the closure does little to ...

Kevin decided on a career in content moderation after his YouTube recommendations took a bewildering swerve. In 2021, videos appeared on his feed depicting violent attacks by Boko Haram, a Nigerian ...

Elaine Castillo’s second novel, “Moderation,” opens with a blistering portrait of social media’s toxic underbelly. At the social media platform Reeden, moderators are charged with removing harmful ...

Through the perspective of an unflappable social-media content moderator, Elaine Castillo’s new novel exposes the often invisible dirty work of the digital era. By Rhoda Feng Rhoda Feng is a freelance ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Elaine Castillo's Moderation, which follows the vagaries of a social media content moderator’s work and love lives. In its review, PW says "It’s a ...

Anyone who spends time on social media knows that it’s hard to avoid misinformation, abusive language and offensive content. Platforms like Facebook and YouTube have content moderation systems ...