Moderators

Linda Yaccarino Says X Needs More Moderators After All

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When Elon Musk took over Twitter, since rebranded as X, his favorite letter of the alphabet, he went on a firing spree. Chief among those ejected were people working on trust and safety, the work of keeping bad content, from hate speech to child exploitation, off the platform. In front of a US Senate committee … Read more

Ahead of Congressional hearing on child safety, X announces plans to hire 100 moderators in Austin

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X, formerly Twitter, is trying to placate lawmakers about the app’s safety measures ahead of a Big Tech Congressional hearing on Wednesday, which will focus on how companies like X, Meta, TikTok, and others are protecting kids online. Over the weekend, the social media company announced via Bloomberg that it would staff a new “Trust … Read more

X hiring content moderators for a new ‘Trust and Safety’ center in Austin

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X, formerly known at Twitter, is building its content moderation team back up, but not completely. According to Bloomberg, the company is hiring 100 employees for a “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, TX. After Elon Musk took over the platform in 2022, he laid off around 80 percent of the company and … Read more

Vivek Ramaswamy Attacks NBC Moderators, Wants Tucker, Rogan & Elon Instead

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Play video content NBC News More fireworks between Vivek and Nikki … this after he attacked her family over their use of TikTok, which spurred her to tell him to keep her daughters’ names out of his mouth. Nikki Haley to Vivek: “You’re just scum.” pic.twitter.com/sRueuLjZxg — TheBlaze (@theblaze) November 9, 2023 @theblaze Will Smith’s … Read more

Reddit calls for moderators take away NSFW labels, or else

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Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Secure For Work) designation in some kind to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which compelled apps like Apollo and rif is enjoyable for Reddit to close down, in addition to a current sample of habits towards its unpaid volunteer moderators that they discover “threatening.” Subreddits, together … Read more

Reddit says accessibility upgrades for moderators are coming to its cellular apps quickly

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit will make “accessibility enhancements” to many moderator instruments in its official cellular apps by July 1st, the corporate introduced on Friday. Some moderators depend on third-party apps as a result of Reddit’s apps have what they characterize as “important accessibility challenges,” and the accessibility neighborhood has expressed … Read more

Reddit begins eradicating moderators behind the newest protests

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Reddit has began eradicating moderator groups managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Protected For Work (NSFW) within the newest protests in opposition to the location. Along with making use of an age gate for desktop viewers and proscribing entry on cellular units to logged-in customers within the Reddit app, Reddit … Read more

Reddit’s customers and moderators are revolting towards its CEO

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The model of Reddit we’ll see over the following few days could also be a shell of itself. Greater than 100 subreddits have already gone darkish, and 1000’s extra plan to observe in protest of Reddit’s coming API modifications, in accordance with the web site Reddark, which is monitoring the protests. The protests are occurring … Read more