In Moderation
Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
A leaked Facebook document gives more detail on the type of firearm parts that the social network does not allow people to sell peer-to-peer.
Twitter and YouTube Won’t Commit to Ban White Nationalism After Facebook Makes Policy Switch
Following a Motherboard investigation, Facebook banned white nationalism and white separatism. But Twitter and YouTube, two platforms with their own nationalism problems, won’t commit to following Facebook’s lead.
Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism
After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups.
It Took 10 Seconds for Instagram to Push me Into an Anti-Vaxx Rabbit Hole
While social media giants crack down and Facebook says it will make changes to stop anti-vaxx content, Instagram’s recommendation engine makes it exceptionally easy to come across a waterfall of anti-vaccine accounts.
Documents Show How Facebook Moderates Terrorism on Livestreams
On Friday, at least 49 people were killed in terror attacks in New Zealand. Documents, sources, and interviews with senior Facebook employees show how difficult it is for social media companies to moderate live footage.
How Facebook Trains Content Moderators
Facebook's former head of training talks about how the company decides whether a person is cut out to look at hateful, violent, and graphic content all day.
How Facebook Trains Content Moderators to Put Out ‘PR Fires’ During Elections
Internal Facebook documents obtained by Motherboard show specific steps and strategies taken by the company to fight content moderation issues that may spike during an election season.
Leaked Documents Show How Instagram Polices Stories
Motherboard has obtained internal documents that show how Instagram moderators grapple to police the service's popular Stories feature.
Content Moderator Sues Facebook, Says Job Gave Her PTSD
In the class action lawsuit, the woman says that thousands of content moderators are subjected to "highly toxic" content as part of the job.
John Oliver Calls Facebook 'a Fetid Swamp of Mistruths and Outright Lies'
Oliver goes long on Facebook's content moderation problems.
Facebook Is Reviewing its Policy on White Nationalism After Motherboard Investigation, Civil Rights Backlash
"Facebook ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are white supremacy."
Facebook’s Own Training Materials Fell for Fake News
As the 2 billion user-strong platform grapples with misinformation, a training document for Facebook content moderators incorrectly claimed an image was of violence in Myanmar.