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Twitter Announces Tools That Seem Intended To Curb Harassment
The changes come one week after a BuzzFeed News investigation into Twitter’s decadelong failure to stop abuse.
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Take Our Twitter Harassment Survey
BuzzFeed News is conducting a harassment survey to understand just what happens when abusive tweets are reported to Twitter.
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“A Honeypot For Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech — it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating, what is the platform that declared itself “the free speech wing of the free speech party” to do? BuzzFeed News talks to the people who’ve been trying to figure this out for a decade.
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Sources: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Secretly Censored Abusive Responses To President Obama
The move was conducted in secret, according to well-placed sources.
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The Clinton Campaign Mistook A Bernie Staffer For A Supporter In This “History” Photo
“I think they picked me for very strategic reasons, meaning my headscarf and ethnicity and the fact I’m a woman,” Nida Allam told BuzzFeed News.
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People Are Mad Hillary Was Left Off Some Front Pages After Making History
Front pages of the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, and others failed to show an image of the Democratic candidate after she was formally nominated for president.
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Here’s How That Donald Trump Reddit AMA Came Together
Surprisingly easily.
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Forget The RNC, Emojis Are Getting Their Own Convention
Emojicon is coming this November.
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We Went To Times Square To See How Popular Pokémon Go Really Is
A highly scientific (not at all scientific) study of Pokémon Go’s popularity.
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Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos
The move comes less than a day after the notorious internet troll led a tweeted harassment campaign against Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones.
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A Rainbow Flag Emoji Might Be Coming Very Soon
The proposal was crafted by Unicode’s president.
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8 Reasons Why You Might Quit Pokémon Go
Catch them all…before it’s too late.
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Emoji Gender Equality Is A Thing That Is Now Happening
The Unicode Consortium just approved 11 new professional emojis, which means more than 100 different new combinations and way more options for women.
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Facebook, Twitter, And Breaking News’ Special Relationship
Twitter and Facebook can stand alone, but each is weaker on its own.
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Here Are The Minute-By-Minute Details Of The Dallas Ambush
“Everyone had the same look on their faces — shocked, numbed. This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
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After Philando Castile, Questions Loom For Facebook Live
Facebook shies away from substantive policy questions in the aftermath of a gruesome but important Facebook Live video.
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We Owe Most Of Our Greatest Tech To The Government, Here’s What It Should Do Next
Here’s a project that only the government can do and would make America better in terms of economic opportunity.
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Apple In Preliminary Talks To Acquire Jay Z’s Tidal
Please don’t call it an acqui-hova.
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Facebook’s Unsettling Referendum On News
1.65 billion voted with their News Feeds.
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Thanks To Apple’s Influence, You’re Not Getting A Rifle Emoji
No realm of modern life is immune to the contentious national debate over guns, including emojis.
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