A former content moderator for the porn site Chaturbate has sued the platform and its affiliates, claiming that he was psychologically harmed by his ongoing exposure to the sexual material on the site. Neal Barber, who was hired as a moderator for the porn site in 2020, claims in a class action lawsuit that his […]
Elon Musk’s X Is Turning Community Notes Over to AI
Artificial intelligence chatbots are known for regularly offering dubious information and hallucinated details, making them terrible prospects for the role of fact-checker. And yet, Elon Musk’s X (née Twitter) plans to deploy AI agents to help fill in the gaps on the notoriously slow-reacting Community Notes, with the AI-generated notes appearing as soon as this […]
Longtime Writing Community NaNoWriMo Shuts Down After AI Drama
NaNoWriMo, the non-profit organization that grew out of the annual tradition National Novel Writing Month, had a solid 25-year run encouraging writers to speedrun the novel writing process, but it has come to an end. On Monday, the organization announced that it would cease operations due to ongoing financial issues, as well as some very […]
Whistleblower Alleges Meta Was Ready to Censor Content for Chinese Government
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been in their “free speech” arc since Donald Trump took office again, but a new account offered by a whistleblower throws cold water on the idea that the company won’t comply with censorship regimes. According to a report from the Washington Post, a whistleblower complaint alleges that Facebook built […]
Trump’s FCC Head Warns EU Content Rules ‘Incompatible’ With Free Speech
The European Union wants social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, and X to do more to crack down on illegal content like hate speech and child sexual abuse material. The Trump administration apparently isn’t all that into it. Brendon Carr, a Republican who Trump appointed to lead the Federal Communications Commission, spoke at Mobile World […]