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by Katie Zigelman, on July 21, 2020
Survey This month, we are inviting online platforms and communities of all sizes to commit to returning the Internet to a place of healthy connection, free from hate speech, harassment, …
Read Storyby Katie Zigelman, on July 21, 2020
Survey The COVID-19 outbreak has turned the world upside down. As governments around the world allow their countries to open up again, there will be a new set of rules …
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dating apps
by Katie Zigelman, on July 6, 2020
Survey A guests post by Oleg Gervalov, Co-Founder and COO of Dating Apps KeYou and Loft. Cybersecurity is one of the critical issues that almost every app developer faces. Sooner …
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dating apps
Fraud
Grindr
by Katie Zigelman, on May 22, 2020
Survey As artificial intelligence keeps emerging in the digital world, a new job role is gaining momentum - data labeling. Data labelers play a role in content moderation by reviewing …
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mental health
by Katie Zigelman, on May 1, 2020
Survey Whether they help members find a quick fling, a lasting relationship or something in between – all dating apps consider user safety to be important. That belief has informed …
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Anthony Oyogoa
COVID-19
Justin Davis
dating apps
by Katie Zigelman, on April 23, 2020
Survey Caste Discrimination, treating members of certain Indian castes poorly, happens in online communities. It takes many forms: derogatory jokes, slurs, “outing” people as Dalits, etc. To help online communities …
Read Storyby Katie Zigelman, on April 21, 2020
Survey Companies in spaces like social networking, video game development, online marketplaces, and dating apps typically don't have the bandwidth to do their own content moderation. Usually, they outsource it …
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by Katie Zigelman, on April 7, 2020
Survey This episode of The Brief originally aired on April 7, 2020. You can watch the live video recording on YouTube. In Episode 9 of The Brief, we talk about …
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The Brief
by Katie Zigelman, on March 24, 2020
Survey Consider the following chat messages: “Kill yourself” "You suck, dumba**” “You play like a girl” “I’m gonna shoot you” Without context each of these messages could be perfectly innocent …
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Initiatives
trash-talking
cyberbullying
Contextual AI
March Gaming
by Katie Zigelman, on March 23, 2020
Survey When we think about social gaming, we think about massive multiplayer online games (MMOs) like World of Warcraft, intense arena games like League of Legends, and sweat-inducing battle royale …
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League of Legends
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Sega
World of Warcraft
Fortnite
Atari
March Gaming
Overwatch