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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2231469/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2231469/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Turkey bans Elon Musk’s Grok over Erdoğan insults – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platforms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RecepTayyipErdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecepTayyipErdogan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/turkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turkiye</span></a></p>
Winbuzzer<p>X Pilots AI-Generated Community Notes, Blending Chatbots with Human Fact-Checkers</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunityNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/02/x-pilots-ai-generated-community-notes-blending-chatbots-with-human-fact-checkers-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/07/02/x-pil</span><span class="invisible">ots-ai-generated-community-notes-blending-chatbots-with-human-fact-checkers-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Disinformation about the Los Angeles protests is spreading on social media networks and is being made worse by users turning to AI chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to perform fact-checking.</p><p>As residents of the LA area took to the streets in recent days to protest increasingly frequent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, conservative posters on social media platforms like X and Facebook flooded their feeds with inaccurate information. In addition to well-worn tactics like repurposing old protest footage or clips from video games and movies, posters have claimed that the protesters are little more than paid agitators being directed by shadowy forces—something for which there is no evidence.</p><p>In the midst of fast-moving and divisive news stories like the LA protests, and as companies like X and Meta have stepped back from moderating the content on their platforms, users have been turning to AI chatbots for answers—which in many cases have been completely inaccurate."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/grok-chatgpt-ai-los-angeles-protest-disinformation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/grok-chatgpt-a</span><span class="invisible">i-los-angeles-protest-disinformation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a></p>
Vector Hugo<p><a href="https://burma.social/tags/dataleaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataleaks</span></a> at <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/corp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corp</span></a><br>“The leaked data comes as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> drastically expands its <a href="https://burma.social/tags/publicrelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicrelations</span></a> spending, committing an additional $150 million in 2025 alone to “public diplomacy”—or <a href="https://burma.social/tags/hasbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hasbara</span></a>. Yet despite this investment and Meta’s well-documented suppression of pro-Palestinian voices, the data show a public turning decisively against Israeli companies and messaging.”</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250611-as-israel-becomes-a-global-pariah-leaked-meta-data-reveals-soaring-costs-for-its-brands/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeastmonitor.com/20250611</span><span class="invisible">-as-israel-becomes-a-global-pariah-leaked-meta-data-reveals-soaring-costs-for-its-brands/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://burma.social/tags/MetaLEAKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaLEAKS</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Suckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Suckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/metaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaverse</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://burma.social/tags/FTR2TS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTR2TS</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/willBfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>willBfree</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: YouTube very quietly loosened its content moderation rules. “YouTube quietly loosened its video moderation rules a few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president a second time, reports the New York Times. The new rules encourage the site’s moderators not to remove videos that break YouTube’s code of conduct — which bans nudity, graphic violence, hate speech, and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/mashable-youtube-very-quietly-loosened-its-content-moderation-rules/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/mashable-youtube-very-quietly-loosened-its-content-moderation-rules/</a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>TikTok bans the ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators.</p><p>Efforts to protect kids online are gaining traction in Europe.</p><p>Social media platform TikTok has banned worldwide the popular SkinnyTok hashtag linked to weight-loss videos following scrutiny from policymakers in Brussels and Paris.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250602-tiktok-bans-the-unhealthy-skinnytok-hashtag-after-pressure-from-regulators?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250602</span><span class="invisible">-tiktok-bans-the-unhealthy-skinnytok-hashtag-after-pressure-from-regulators?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SkinnyTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkinnyTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Anorexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anorexia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ProAna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProAna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Michaël | HouseStationLive.com<p>THE ALGORITHM VS. THE HUMAN MIND: A LOSING BATTLE<br>¯</p><p>_<br>NO RECOGNITION FOR THE AUTHOR</p><p>YouTube does not reward consistency, insight, or author reputation. A comment may become a “top comment” for a day, only to vanish the next. There’s no memory, no history of editorial value. The platform doesn’t surface authors who contribute regularly with structured, relevant input. There's no path for authorship to emerge or be noticed. The “like” system favors early commenters — the infamous firsts — who write “first,” “early,” or “30 seconds in” just after a video drops. These are the comments that rise to the top. Readers interact with the text, not the person behind it. This is by design. YouTube wants engagement to stay contained within the content creator’s channel, not spread toward the audience. A well-written comment should not amplify a small creator’s reach — that would disrupt the platform’s control over audience flow.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>USERS WHO’VE STOPPED THINKING</p><p>The algorithm trains people to wait for suggestions. Most users no longer take the initiative to explore or support anyone unless pushed by the system. Even when someone says something exceptional, the response remains cold. The author is just a font — not a presence. A familiar avatar doesn’t trigger curiosity. On these platforms, people follow only the already-famous. Anonymity is devalued by default. Most users would rather post their own comment (that no one will ever read) than reply to others. Interaction is solitary. YouTube, by design, encourages people to think only about themselves.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>ZERO MODERATION FOR SMALL CREATORS</p><p>Small creators have no support when it comes to moderation. In low-traffic streams, there's no way to filter harassment or mockery. Trolls can show up just to enjoy someone else's failure — and nothing stops them. Unlike big streamers who can appoint moderators, smaller channels lack both the tools and the visibility to protect themselves. YouTube provides no built-in safety net, even though these creators are often the most exposed.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>EXTERNAL LINKS ARE SABOTAGED</p><p>Trying to drive traffic to your own website? In the “About” section, YouTube adds a warning label to every external link: “You’re about to leave YouTube. This site may be unsafe.” It looks like an antivirus alert — not a routine redirect. It scares away casual users. And even if someone knows better, they still have to click again to confirm. That’s not protection — it’s manufactured discouragement. This cheap shot, disguised as safety, serves a single purpose: preventing viewers from leaving the ecosystem. YouTube has no authority to determine what is or isn’t a “safe” site beyond its own platform.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>HUMANS CAN’T OUTPERFORM THE MACHINE</p><p>At every level, the human loses. You can’t outsmart an algorithm that filters, sorts, buries. You can’t even decide who you want to support: the system always intervenes. Talent alone isn’t enough. Courage isn’t enough. You need to break through a machine built to elevate the dominant and bury the rest. YouTube claims to be a platform for expression. But what it really offers is a simulated discovery engine — locked down and heavily policed.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>||<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLdiary</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLmichael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLmichael</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/YouTubeCritique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTubeCritique</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AlgorithmicBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgorithmicBias</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLabour</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/IndieCreators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieCreators</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Shadowbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shadowbanning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/PlatformJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformJustice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AudienceManipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudienceManipulation</span></a></p>
Michaël | HouseStationLive.com<p>UNPAID LABOR, ALGORITHMIC DENIAL, AND SYSTEMIC SABOTAGE<br>May 7, 2025</p><p>YouTube built an empire on our free time, our passion, our technical investments—and above all, on a promise: “share what you love, and the audience will follow.” Thousands of independent creators believed it. So did I. For ten years, I invested, produced, commented, hosted, edited, imported, repaired—with discipline, ambition, and stubborn hope, all in the shadows. What I discovered wasn’t opportunity. It was silence. A system of invisible filters, algorithmic contempt, and structural sabotage. An economic machine built on the unpaid, uncredited labor of creators who believed they had a chance. A platform that shows your video to four people, then punishes you for not being “engaging” enough. This four-part investigation details what YouTube has truly cost me—in money, in time, in mental health, and in collective momentum. Every number is cross-checked. Every claim is lived. Every example is documented. This is not a rant. It’s a report from inside the wreckage.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>INVISIBLE COMMENTS: 33,000 CONTRIBUTIONS THROWN IN THE TRASH</p><p>As part of my investigation, I decided to calculate what I’ve lost on YouTube. Not an easy task: if all my videos are shadowbanned, there’s no way to measure the value of that work through view counts. But I realized something else. The comments I leave on channels—whether they perform well or not—receive wildly different levels of visibility. It’s not unusual for one of my comments to get 500 likes and 25 replies within 24 hours. In other words, when I’m allowed to exist, I know how to draw attention.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>33,000 COMMENTS... FOR WHAT?</p><p>In 10 years of using the platform, I’ve posted 33,000 comments. Each one crafted, thoughtful, polished, aimed at grabbing attention. It’s a real creative effort: to spontaneously come up with something insightful to say, every day, for a decade. I’ve contributed to the YouTube community through my likes, my reactions, my input. These comments—modest, yes, but genuine—have helped sustain and grow the platform. If each comment takes roughly 3 minutes to write, that’s 99,000 minutes of my life—60 days spent commenting non-stop. Two entire months. Two months talking into the void.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>ALGORITHMIC INVISIBILITY</p><p>By default, not all comments are shown. The “Top comments” filter displays only a select few. You have to manually click on “Newest first” to see the rest. The way "Top comments" are chosen remains vague, and there’s no indication of whether some comments are deliberately hidden. When you load a page, your own comment always appears first—but only to you. Officially, it’s for “ergonomics.” Unofficially, it gives you the illusion that your opinion matters. I estimate that, on average, one out of six comments is invisible to other users. By comparing visible and hidden replies, a simple estimate emerges: over the course of 12 months, 2 months’ worth of comments go straight to the trash.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>TWO MONTHS A YEAR WRITING INTO THE VOID</p><p>If I’ve spent 60 days commenting over 10 years, that averages out to 6 days per year. Roughly 12 hours of writing every month. So each year, I’m condemned to 1 full day (out of 6) of content invisibilized (while 5 out of 6 remains visible), dumped into a void of discarded contributions. I’m not claiming every comment I write is essential, but the complete lack of notification and the arbitrary nature of this filtering raise both moral and legal concerns. To clarify: if two months of total usage equal 24 hours of actual writing, that’s because I don’t use YouTube continuously. These 24 hours spread across two months mean I spend about 24 minutes per day writing. And if writing time represents just one-fifth of my overall engagement — including watching — that adds up to more than 2.5 hours per day on the platform. Every single day. For ten years. That’s not passive use — it’s sustained, intensive participation. On average, this means that 15 to 20% of my time spent writing comments is dumped into a virtual landfill. In my case, that’s 24 hours of annual activity wiped out. But the proportion is what matters — it scales with your usage. You see the problem.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>THE BIG PLAYERS RISE, THE REST ARE ERASED</p><p>From what I’ve observed, most major YouTubers benefit from a system that automatically boosts superficial comments to the top. The algorithm favors them. It’s always the same pattern: the system benefits a few, at the expense of everyone else.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>AN IGNORED EDITORIAL VALUE</p><p>In print journalism, a 1,500-word exclusive freelance piece is typically valued at around €300. Most YouTube comments are a few lines long—maybe 25 words. Mine often exceed 250 words. That’s ten times the average length, and far more structured. They’re not throwaway reactions, but crafted contributions: thoughtful, contextual, engaging. If we apply the same rate, then 30 such comments ≈ €1,500. It’s a bold comparison—but a fair one, when you account for quality, relevance, and editorial intent. 33,000 comments = €1,650,000 of unpaid contribution to YouTube. YouTube never rewards this kind of engagement. It doesn’t promote channels where you comment frequently. The platform isn’t designed to recognize individuals. It’s designed to extract value—for itself.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>||<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLdiary</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLmichael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLmichael</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLabor</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/InvisibleWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleWork</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/PlatformCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechCriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCriticism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/UserEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserEngagement</span></a></p>
KING CONSULT | Kommunikation<p>»Labour pains: <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> challenges in Mastodon growth«</p><p>&gt; The article … investigates challenges experienced by <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> instances post-<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, based on 8 interviews with admins and moderators of 7 instances and a representative of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iftas</span></a></span>, a NPO that supports Mastodon content moderators</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@charlotte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>charlotte</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sciences.social/@talestomaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>talestomaz</span></a></span>, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/HIIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIIG</span></a></p><p>👉 <a href="https://doaj.org/article/c2016dd9b017479d96b1da33dd90e834" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doaj.org/article/c2016dd9b0174</span><span class="invisible">79d96b1da33dd90e834</span></a></p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/WissKomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WissKomm</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Meta is facing a second set of lawsuits in Africa over the psychological distress experienced by content moderators employed to take down disturbing social media content including depictions of murders, extreme violence and child sexual abuse.</p><p>Lawyers are gearing up for court action against a company contracted by Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, after meeting moderators at a facility in Ghana that is understood to employ about 150 people.</p><p>Moderators working for Majorel in Accra claim they have suffered from depression, anxiety, insomnia and substance abuse as a direct consequence of the work they do checking extreme content.</p><p>The allegedly gruelling conditions endured by workers in Ghana are revealed in a joint investigation by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/27/meta-faces-ghana-lawsuits-over-impact-of-extreme-content-on-moderators" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/apr/27/meta-faces-ghana-lawsuits-over-impact-of-extreme-content-on-moderators</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghana</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Majorel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Majorel</span></a></p>
Kolektiva Mod Team<p>Mods wanted!!</p><p>Kolektiva.social has now been around for nearly five years. During that time, we have received lots of valuable feedback. It has and continues to help us better understand problems with our moderation, and what needs to change. A clear takeaway from the issues we've come up against is that we need more help with content moderation.</p><p>Over the past several months, It's become more evident than ever that our movements require autonomous social media networks. To be blunt, if we want Kolektiva (and the Fediverse more broadly) to continue to grow in the face of cyberlibertarian co-optation, we need more people to help out. Developing the Fediverse as an alternative, autonomous social network involves more than just using its free, open source, decentralized infrastructure as a simple substitute to surveillance capitalist platforms. It also takes shared responsibility and thoughtful, human centered moderation. As anarchists, we view content moderation through the lens of mutual aid: it is a form of collective care that enhances the quality of collective information flows and means of communication. Mutual aid is premised on working together to expand solidarity and build movements. It is about sharing time, attention, and responsibility. Stepping up to support with moderation means helping to maintain community standards, and to keep our space grounded in the values we share.</p><p>Corporate social media platforms do not operate on the principle of mutual aid. They operate on the basis of profit — mining their users for data, that they can process and sell to advertisers. Neither do the moderators of these social media platforms operate on the principle of mutual aid. They do these difficult and often brutal jobs because they are paid a wage out of the revenue brought in from advertisers. Kolektiva's moderation team consists of volunteers. If we want to do social media differently, it requires a shift in the service user/service provider mentality. It requires more people to step up, so that the burden of moderation is shared more equitably, and so that the moderation team is enriched by more perspectives.</p><p>If you join the Kolektiva moderation team, you’ll be part of a collective that spans several continents and brings different experiences and politics into conversation. Additionally, you'll build skills in navigating conflict and disagreement — skills that are valuable to our movements outside the Fediverse.</p><p>Of course, we know that not everyone can volunteer their time. We want to mention that there are plenty of ways to contribute: flag posts, report bugs and share direct feedback. We are grateful for everyone who has taken the time to do this and has discussed and engaged with us directly.</p><p>Since launching in 2020, Kolektiva has grown beyond what we ever expected. While our goal has never been to become massive, we value our place as a landing spot into the Fediverse for many — and a home base for some.</p><p>In addition to expanding our content moderation team, we have other plans in the works. These include starting a blog and developing educational materials to support people who want to create their own instances.</p><p>If you value Kolektiva, please consider joining the Kolektiva content moderation team!<br>Contact us at if you’re interested or have questions.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kolektiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kolektiva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutualaid</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Yes, Facebook lied to the press often, about a lot of things; yes, Internet.org (Facebook’s strategy to give “free internet to people in the developing world) was a cynical ploy at getting new Facebook users; yes, Facebook knew that it couldn’t read posts in Burmese and didn’t care; yes, it slow-walked solutions to its moderation problems in Myanmar even after it knew about them; yes, Facebook bent its own rules all the time to stay unblocked in specific countries; yes, Facebook took down content at the behest of China then pretended it was an accident and lied about it; yes, Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg intervened on major content moderation decisions then implied that they did not. Basically, it confirmed my priors about Facebook, which is not a criticism because reporting on this company and getting anything beyond a canned statement or carefully rehearsed answer from them over and over for years and years and years has made me feel like I was going crazy. Careless People confirmed that I am not.</p><p>It has been years since Wynn-Williams left Facebook, but it is clear these are the same careless people running the company. When I wonder if the company knows that its platforms are being taken over by the worst AI slop you could possibly imagine, if it knows that it is directly paying people to flood these platforms with spam, if it knows it is full of deepfakes and AI generated content of celebrities and cartoon characters doing awful things, if it knows it is showing terrible things to kids. Of course it does. It just doesn’t care."</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/careless-people-is-the-book-about-facebook-ive-wanted-for-a-decade/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/careless-people-is</span><span class="invisible">-the-book-about-facebook-ive-wanted-for-a-decade/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"Protecting <a href="https://mato.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> from threats created by Internet <a href="https://mato.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> is a laudable goal. But it is not worth the cost imposed by legislative attempts so far: empowering the government to control legal speech online. Lawmakers’ attempts to impose their own top-down speech rules are particularly unwarranted given the far more promising possibilities offered by <a href="https://mato.social/tags/usercontrolled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usercontrolled</span></a> and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> systems."</p><p><a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulated-democracy-and-regulated-speech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techpolicy.press/regulated-dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-and-regulated-speech</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>Online <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a>: What works, and what people want | MIT Sloan <a href="https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/online-content-moderation-what-works-and-what-people-want" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to</span><span class="invisible">-matter/online-content-moderation-what-works-and-what-people-want</span></a> ““Contrary to recent claims from many political elites, the main problem with professional <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> is not bias or overreach,” he added. “The problem is that professional fact checkers can’t keep up with the vast scale of content posted every day” <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p>
Ramin HonaryLooks like Mastodon is going to need better moderator tools <p>Underprivileged people are apparently especially easy to target on <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> , or so I have been told, and I believe it. They have been complaining about it to the Mastodon developers over the years, but the Mastodon developers at best don’t give a shit, at worst are hostile to the idea, and have been mostly ignoring these criticisms. Well, now we have “Nicole,” the infamous “Fediverse Chick”, a spambot that seems to be registering hundreds of accounts across several <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> instances, and then once registered, sends everyone a direct message introducing itself.</p><p><strong>You can’t block it by domain or by name</strong> since the name keeps changing and spans multiple instances. It is the responsibility of each domain to prevent registrations of bots like this.</p><p>But what happens when the bot designer ups the ante? What happens when they try this approach but with a different name each time? Who is to say that isn’t already happening and we don’t notice it? This seems to be an attempt to show everyone a huge weakness in the content moderation toolkit, and we are way overdue to address these weaknesses.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/contentmoderation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContentModeration</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/fediversechick" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediverseChick</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/spam" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/spambot" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpamBot</a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, Tamar Mitts for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@time" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>time</span></a></span> breaks down why the fight against online extremism always fails and why we need to understand that the issue "is bigger than any one site can handle."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/qS0RGQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/qS0RGQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OnlineExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineExtremism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Cognitive dissonance", goes to State of the Net 2025 and finds an inability to agree what the subject of conversation is: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/02/21/cognitive-dissonance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/21/cognitive-dissonance/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/StateOfTheNet2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfTheNet2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a></p>
Suzanne Vergnolle<p>Very interesting study from German researchers who found “that the default feed of X showed more content from far-right AfD than from other political parties”. <br><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a><br><a href="https://zenodo.org/records/14880275" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zenodo.org/records/14880275</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"In contrast to <a href="https://mato.social/tags/altright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>altright</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/alternativesocialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativesocialmedia</span></a> which tout individual freedom of speech, <a href="https://mato.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> communities often collectively develop <a href="https://mato.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> standards. Particularly due to <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, fediverse servers articulate the technical structure of decentralization with the cultural practice of codes of conduct.<br>…the fediverse[is]“a working laboratory in which questions of social organization and governance can no longer pretend to be decoupled from software”.<br><a href="https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">socialmediaalternatives.org/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The ad didn’t break the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, but it did allow the rapper to push into what was long considered taboo territory during one of the biggest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> events of the year.<br>
The clear prelude to that push has been the relaxation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>, which many on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> have hailed as a victory over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> [bull].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KanyeWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KanyeWest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a></p>