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How to block Twitter trolls

July 27, 2021February 6, 2022 Anthony

A look at various ways to block Twitter trolls, ranging from Twitter’s built-in blocking tools to automated tools such as Block Party.

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Favorite articles roundup for the week of August 9, 2019

August 9, 2019December 10, 2021 Anthony

Here’s some interesting articles from the past week, and my thoughts about them. Media iHeartMedia loves podcasts? Art by Gary Barker, Lisa Moore, and Dan

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Twitter can support an open platform without tolerating the “alt-right”

August 13, 2018December 10, 2021 Anthony

About a year ago, I wrote about how the tech industry’s handling both hate speech and free speech issues. Since then, the past year’s seen

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Study: Banning hate speech from Reddit actually worked

September 25, 2017December 10, 2021 Anthony

Photo by Eva Blue (Flickr / CC BY) Recently, Reddit’s tried to clean up the self-declared “front page of the Internet,” by banning some high-profile

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The tech industry grapples with hate speech

August 21, 2017December 10, 2021 Anthony

The past week in tech news has largely centered around the aftermath of the Charlottesville, Virginia counterprotests against neo-Nazis and white supremacists, which saw protester

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