Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year
24 June 2022
Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that would cost 2.8 per cent of the firm’s revenue
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Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together
25 March 2022
The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition
YouTube policy change limited spread of harmful videos across the web
28 October 2021
In 2019, YouTube altered its recommendation algorithm to stop promoting videos the company deemed harmful, which limited how much they were viewed even on other social media platforms
Pegasus spyware scandal: Can Silicon Valley stop government snooping?
20 July 2021
Spyware sold for use in anti-terror investigations is reportedly being misused by governments to watch journalists and politicians – Silicon Valley firms are battling to end it
How wholesome memes could save us all
26 August 2020
It is time to rekindle the idea of netizens – upstanding internet citizens that band together to tackle important global problems, writes Annalee Newitz
YouTube has become such a garbage fire it is time to dump it for good
21 August 2019
To make the internet a better place we could start by switching off the world’s biggest video sharing site amid claims its algorithms magnify fringe views, says Annalee Newitz
Countries are turning off the internet to stop violence. Does it work?
31 July 2019
Governments are increasingly shutting down access to the internet in an effort to curb organised violence. But evidence shows it usually makes things worse
Internet gifs aren't just for the lols: Giphy wants to make money too
24 July 2019
Money-spinning change is on the way to your emojis, gifs and TikToks, as companies like Giphy make plans to monetize animations and wacky videos set to music
Consider your child’s future before you share that ‘hilarious’ image
2 April 2019
Gwyneth Paltrow has incited debate by posting a photo of her daughter on social media. We need to consider how such images may one day be viewed, says Linda Geddes
Google's AI hate speech detector is easily fooled by a few typos
7 September 2018
Demand is growing for tools that automatically flag online hate speech, but the current crop can easily be fooled by adding a few typos or an innocuous word
