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67 votes
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Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today
46 votes -
How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
80 votes -
Substack turns on its ‘Nazis Welcome!’ sign
89 votes -
Twitch's new sexual content guidelines updated to include 'artistic nudity' after viral topless stream
45 votes -
Behind every swipe: the global work force toiling to keep dating apps safe suffers from being exposed to distressing content
8 votes -
Twitter’s former head of trust and safety finally breaks her silence
30 votes -
YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers
122 votes -
Meta in Myanmar, Part 1: The Setup
12 votes -
Kick revisits moderation policy after CEO laughs at sex worker ‘prank’ stream
18 votes -
UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed
27 votes -
YouTube is testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking
173 votes -
Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech
25 votes -
Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge
161 votes -
X to collect biometric and employment data
39 votes -
The Ugly Mugs Ireland android app has been removed from the app store
16 votes -
Black Twitter abandons Musk's X. The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a ‘digital diaspora’ in search of a new home
66 votes -
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
81 votes -
darken (developer of SD Maid for Android) has had his developer account terminated after twelve years for "stalkerware policy" on Google Play despite having no actual stalking tools in the app
14 votes -
How to quickly get to the important truth inside any privacy policy
18 votes -
Google updates its privacy policy to clarify it can use public data for training AI models
44 votes -
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says
50 votes -
Stack Overflow moderators are striking to stop garbage AI content from flooding the site
45 votes -
What gaps for content, news, or community currently exist for you?
I, clearly along with many others, recently left Reddit and have personally decided not to return unless it sees drastic, lasting change. However, this has made it clear just how reliant I was on...
I, clearly along with many others, recently left Reddit and have personally decided not to return unless it sees drastic, lasting change. However, this has made it clear just how reliant I was on the site for multiple aspects of my life, ranging from local and world news, to hobby related announcements, to perspective, advice, and memes directly from marginalized communities. In Tildes I've already found some of what I've been missing, and I'm sure I'll find more as the community continues to grow, but Tildes doesn't have the same setup to allow for finding the same niche communities that I once had (nor should Tildes ever need to have that).
With all of that said, what gaps are you currently experiencing? Have you found any good sites or resources that have helped you or might help others in the thread?
56 votes -
Imgur changes Terms of Service and will be removing anonymous and pornographic content
22 votes -
Spotify breaks down the mapping tech behind its algorithm | The Tech Behind
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Google Adsense is bringing a bunch of policy changes that affect how your sites are monetized
Yesterday, Adsense support sent an email to their users regarding their upcoming policy changes. This primarily affects how subdomains are monetized. Going forward, your subdomains inside the...
Yesterday, Adsense support sent an email to their users regarding their upcoming policy changes. This primarily affects how subdomains are monetized. Going forward, your subdomains inside the primary domains in the "Sites" section (www, etc.) won't be allowed, any existing ones will be removed and their rules will be merged with the primary domain (such as example.com).
Furthermore, what constitutes a "Site" will also change henceforth. You can only add a primary domain (such as example.com) and the subdomains which are listed on the public suffix list (such as github.io, blogspot.com, etc.). Thus, your own subdomains (such as xyz.example.com or www.example.com) won't be allowed in Adsense.
I don't know what they will achieve by doing this considering they already vet and audit each site before approving them for adsense? In any case, other alternatives to Adsense exist such as Propeller Ads, CJ Affiliate, etc. for those affected by this move but I don't know their efficacy.
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YouTube moderation bots will start issuing warnings, 24-hour bans
10 votes -
Astronomer incorrectly suspended from Twitter by automatic moderation
6 votes -
Hey Elon: Let me help you speed run the content moderation learning curve
33 votes -
Google to remove all VPN ad blockers that don’t comply with their policy
14 votes -
Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit sex
22 votes -
Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and fired its top executives
43 votes -
Welcome to hell, Elon - Nilay Patel on Elon's Twitter acquisition
35 votes -
Facebook, Instagram taking down posts about US abortion pills
5 votes -
Before Uvalde, a platform fails to answer kids' alarms. Tech companies keep building systems to detect violent threats. Why didn't Yubo's work?
5 votes -
Does anyone else feel like Tildes gets less effective at surfacing new stuff the longer you're on it?
I notice this primarily with the YouTube videos. I've started to notice that the videos I see posted in here I have already had recommended to me by YouTube. And I realize it must be because when...
I notice this primarily with the YouTube videos. I've started to notice that the videos I see posted in here I have already had recommended to me by YouTube. And I realize it must be because when I watch a video here, the YouTube algorithm decides I'm interested in that kind of thing. So, functionally, by posting and interacting with content in Tildes we are tuning the various algorithmic recommendation feeds that we interact with to view us all similarly.
It's just an interesting side effect I noticed and some food for thought about the effectiveness of a link aggregator or discussion forum at surfacing novel, interesting content we might not find otherwise. In part, this could just be an effect of Tildes being kind of small and having lots of self-selection biases for its user population. Perhaps if it was more diverse we'd be exposed to more things that break the mold and recommendation algorithms won't be able to pin it all down as easily. In fact, we may be able to use this effect as a way to test the breadth and diversity of content and types of people a site is attracting.
11 votes -
Why Telegram had to follow Apple and Google when they suspended a voting app
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Google, Apple remove Alexei Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin
13 votes -
Twitter starts to require login to view tweets
50 votes -
OnlyFans drops planned porn ban, will continue to allow sexually explicit content
35 votes -
OnlyFans will prohibit "content containing sexually-explicit conduct" (but still allow nudity) starting October 1, at the request of banking/payment providers
50 votes -
Facebook's new "Widely Viewed Content" report doesn't provide meaningful transparency, and seems to be full of errors and spam
5 votes -
Facebook makes it easier for users to see News Feed stories in chronological order
8 votes -
Twitter: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders
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Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers
6 votes -
Google has suspended the Element Matrix client from the Play Store due to abusive content (It's back)
@Element: Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's https://t.co/aaZ9qXz69W but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.
31 votes -
Twitter announces Birdwatch, a community-based approach to misinformation
21 votes -
Twitter will force users to delete COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories
11 votes -
How machine-readable content benefits everyone who publishes content online
4 votes