Hacker News with Generative AI: Content Moderation

E.U. steps up probe into Elon Musk's X over content moderation (nbcnews.com)
The European Commission said on Friday it was stepping up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media network X breached EU rules on content moderation with requests for information and an order for it to retain relevant documents.

Elon Musk, Social Media, Content Moderation, European Union, Law

8 points by rntn 14 hours ago | 0 comments

Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results (github.com/popcar2)
This is a blocklist that intends to remove garbage websites from search results, such as AI-generated articles, low-effort spam sites, and thinly-veiled advertisements acting as information.

Web Development, Spam Filtering, Search Engines, Information Quality, Content Moderation

217 points by popcar2 4 days ago | 83 comments

MacStories Won't Stand for Meta's Dehumanizing and Harmful Moderation Policies (macstories.net)
Just over two years ago, MacStories left Twitter behind. We left when Elon Musk began dismantling the company’s trust and safety infrastructure, allowing hateful speech and harassment on the platform. Meta is now doing the same thing with Threads and Instagram, so we’re leaving them behind, too.

Social Media, Content Moderation, Online Communities, Censorship, Ethics

12 points by 8bitbeep 7 days ago | 0 comments

Meta's new content policy will harm vulnerable users (eff.org)
Earlier this week, when Meta announced changes to their content moderation processes, we were hopeful that some of those changes—which we will address in more detail in this post—would enable greater freedom of expression on the company’s platforms, something for which we have advocated for many years.

Meta, Social Media, Content Moderation, Digital Rights

25 points by cratermoon 8 days ago | 32 comments

Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified as Phishing Site (techdirt.com)
Here on Techdirt, we write a lot about content moderation and even did a whole big series of content moderation case studies. However, here’s an interesting one that involves Techdirt itself from a couple weeks ago. It’s also a perfect example of Masnick’s Impossibility Theorem in action and a reminder of how the never-ending flood of spam and scams provides cover for bad actors to sneak through abusive reports.

Content Moderation, Online Security, Phishing, Case Studies, Spam

19 points by hn_acker 36 days ago | 3 comments

Subscriptions Drive Views of Extremist Videos on YouTube (home.dartmouth.edu)
Study shows viewership of harmful content concentrated among a small group of users.

YouTube, Extremism, Social Media, Content Moderation, Research

16 points by alephnerd 75 days ago | 13 comments

WikiProject AI Cleanup (wikipedia.org)
Welcome to WikiProject AI Cleanup—a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia. If you would like to help, add yourself as a participant in the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the to-do list.

Wikipedia, Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration, Content Moderation

10 points by erlend_sh 100 days ago | 2 comments

WikiProject AI Cleanup (wikipedia.org)
Welcome to WikiProject AI Cleanup—a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia. If you would like to help, add yourself as a participant in the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the to-do list.

Wikipedia, Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence, Content Moderation

4 points by jparise 101 days ago | 0 comments

China wants red flags on all AI-generated content posted online (theregister.com)
China's internet regulator on Saturday proposed a strict regime that will, if adopted, require digital platforms to label content created by artificial intelligence.

China, AI, Content Moderation, Regulation, Censorship

5 points by thunderbong 121 days ago | 1 comments

Statement from Telegram regarding content moderation (twitter.com)
The provided text is not an article. It is only a domain name (x.com), so it does not have a lede.

Telegram, Content Moderation, Social Media

15 points by miohtama 133 days ago | 3 comments

Telegram CEO was 'too free' on content moderation, says Russian minister (theregister.com)

Telegram, Content Moderation, Russia, Social Media, Censorship

5 points by rntn 138 days ago | 0 comments

Indigenous influencers keep getting banned for posting nudity on IG and YouTube (restofworld.org)

Indigenous Culture, Social Media, Censorship, Content Moderation

13 points by NDAjam 149 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Voluntarily add warning labels to social media websites (github.com/pierotofy)

Social Media, Content Moderation, User Experience, Open Source

27 points by mrwyz 177 days ago | 6 comments

YouTube lets you request removal of AI content that simulates your face or voice (techcrunch.com)