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Twitter says users will be able to appeal account suspension
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2023
» LONDON: Twitter users will be able to appeal account suspensions and be evaluated under the social media platform's new criteria for reinstatement, starting Feb 1, the company said on Friday.
Musk spends years silencing critics, wants free speech on Twitter
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/04/2022
» If Elon Musk can take over Twitter Inc, his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions — something he calls “essential to a functioning democracy.” But Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.
Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet chairman
New York Times, Published on 22/12/2017
» Eric Schmidt joined Google in 2001 to provide what amounted to adult supervision for the company’s young founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. He helped take Google public in 2004 and built it into a colossus. In 2011, after being appointed executive chairman, he became a prominent emissary for the company to Washington.
Twitter looks to outside help in fighting abuse
AFP, Published on 10/02/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Tuesday announced that it is pulling together a council of outside experts and organizations to battle abusive behavior at the one-to-many messaging service.
Reddit takes back reins from users at a risk
AFP, Published on 19/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Reddit became one of the most visited websites in the world on the backs of users devoted to the online bulletin board where people could post just about anything.
Online bulletin board Reddit out to tame its wild side
AFP, Published on 17/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Popular online bulletin board Reddit is mulling ways to make its free-for-all discussions more civil by restraining what people can post, a move that could anger some of the site's most passionate members.
Reddit cracks down on harassment
AFP, Published on 15/05/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Reddit on Thursday said it is cracking down on abusive behavior that is keeping people from expressing opinions at the news-focused social network.
Twitter moves to stem violent threats, abuse
AFP, Published on 22/04/2015
» WASHINGTON - Twitter on Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service.
US teens say peers are 'mostly kind' online: study
AFP, Published on 09/11/2011
» Most US teenagers who use social networking sites say their peers are "mostly kind" to one another online although the vast majority have witnessed mean or cruel behavior, a study said Wednesday.