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Pornhub just made major changes to its site's rules following accusations that the platform hosts illegal content
After a NYT op-ed accused Pornhub of hosting rape and child porn videos, companies like Visa and Ma…
Isabella Jibilian
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Newsletter content 2 Dec'21
The lending business has shown an eight times growth in number of loans, and a six times jum…
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Gulf states tell Netflix to remove content that 'violates Islamic and societal values and principles'
The statement to Netflix from the six Gulf states did not specify what content to remove, but may b…
Britney Nguyen
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Delhi HC blocks websites using FanCode's content, citing broadcast rights
The Delhi High Court has ordered to block as many as 26 rogue websites and mobile applications broa…
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The EU warns Elon Musk that Twitter could be banned if it doesn't comply with content moderation laws: FT
EU commissioner Thierry Breton told Twitter CEO Elon Musk over a call that the platform must comply…
Huileng Tan
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Mark Zuckerberg said policing bullying is hard when the content is 'not clearly illegal' - in 44 states, cyberbullying can bring criminal sanctions
Zuckerberg said it's "often the case that bullying content is not clearly illegal" when asked what …
Grace Kay
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Snapchat rolls out safety features to cut down on sales of illegal drugs after string of fentanyl deaths
Insider previously found at least two dozen fentanyl-related deaths in which the dealer used Snapch…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Kenyan data labelers were paid $2 an hour to label child sexual abuse, bestiality, and other horrific content for ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report says
A data-labeling firm cut ties with ChatGPT creator OpenAI over concerns around working with potenti…
Aaron Mok
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Facebook's AI moderation reportedly can't interpret many languages, leaving users in some countries more susceptible to harmful posts
Facebook has expanded into many foreign countries, but AI moderators can't always speak local langu…
Katie Canales
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TikTok served hundreds of explicit videos on drug addiction and sex fetishes to accounts registered to users as young as 13 years old, report says
A TikTok spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the app doesn't differentiate between video…
Grace Kay
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Europe's top court rules that EU courts can order Facebook to take down illegal content worldwide
"EU law does not preclude a host provider like Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and,…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Reuters
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Facebook rolls out new privacy test for messages after facing backlash for handing over chats to Nebraska police of girl accused of having an illegal abortion
Facebook is testing a method of secure communication on Messenger after sharing chats with cops inv…
Samantha Delouya
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Twitter took action against 340 URLs last month for harassment, defamation and illegal activities
The platform had received 867 complaints in this time frame. These complaints range between abus…
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Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga explains why his company cut off Pornhub: 'Porn's not illegal ... Child porn is, and that's what we saw.'
Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga said his company pulled its services from Pornhub because the company cro…
Ben Gilbert
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China calls Tripadvisor and 104 other mobile apps 'illegal' before removing them from online stores
China on Tuesday said it has removed leading US travel platform Tripadvisor's app along with 104 ot…
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India may require Twitter, Facebook and others to remove unlawful content within 36 hours
“36 hours is adequate time and in line with global standards to initiate a takedown on the p…
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The US and 23 other countries enacted laws to try and control content on the internet, study finds
Internet freedom has declined for the past 11 years globally, according to the report from Freedom …
Emily Walsh
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Betsy DeVos calls Biden's student-loan forgiveness '100% illegal' after she concluded Trump did not have the authority to cancel debt broadly when he was in office
Biden's Education Department rescinded Trump's memo stating there's no authority for broad-student-…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Big Tech lobbyists are calling on the Supreme Court to block a Texas anti-censorship law, warning it would open the floodgates to extremist content
Lobbyists warned the new law could allow content from ISIS and neo-Nazis to flourish on Big Tech pl…
Jyoti Mann
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Facebook spent the equivalent of 319 years labeling or removing false and misleading content posted in the US in 2020
Employees of the social media company have raised concerns about the spread of harmful and misleadi…