A recent study by several universities shows that Reddit banning the worst of its hate speech subreddits did have a positive effect.
Tag: racism
The tech industry grapples with hate speech
Since last week’s Charlottesville protest against neo-Nazis/White supremacists, the tech industry’s been grappling with how to deal with hate speech.
Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits
Recent events with Reddit have made much of how vocally bigoted some of its subreddits are, and how half-heartedly they’ve handled[…]
Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by… sticking a curtain in front of it?
Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has been under a lot of fire in recent months. Staff turmoil,[…]
Amazon places racial stereotype warnings in front of “Tom and Jerry” shorts
News recently broke that Amazon’s begun to place a warning in front of its Prime Instant video streaming service’s “Tom and[…]
A week of media racism, sexism, and homophobia: from superheroes to “Duck Dynasty”
While it’s not all about comics/animation, the previous week’s seen plenty of racist, sexist, and homophobic stuff in the media[…]