• Twitter Has New Tools in Place to Automatically Flag Abusive Tweets

    Twitter Has New Tools in Place to Automatically Flag Abusive Tweets

    Twitter wants you to spread love, not hate. And as a result, the company gave a status update this week, on their plans to target online harassment, which, according to Twitter, appears to be working. The platform has made “meaningful progress” in moving towards its goal of cutting down abuse on the platform. More specifically,…

  • UK Puts Rules in Place to Start Regulating Social Networking Companies

    UK Puts Rules in Place to Start Regulating Social Networking Companies

    You heard last week that Australia has plans to try to regulate social networking platforms in an attempt to stop hate speech. You also might recall Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion piece in the Washington Post that outlined the need for more regulations by governments throughout the world. Which means, it should come as no surprise that…

  • Can Social Networking Platforms Stop The Angry Trolls?

    Can Social Networking Platforms Stop The Angry Trolls?

    Everyone knows what kind of horrible place the Internet can be. Which is too bad because it demonstrates how awful humanity is. This comes at a particularly bad time, in my opinion, as the negativity only begets negativity. The only way to stop that kind of thing is to come up with ways that make…