Tag Archives: bullying
Facebook is getting better at taking down bullies
Instagram marks its 10th anniversary with new anti-bullying features
Facebook removes massive QAnon group over hate and harassment claims
Instagram adds new comment filtering tools to combat bullying
Twitter test asks you to ‘rethink’ sending mean replies
Instagram is using AI to alert bullies to offensive captions
Instagram's anti-bullying efforts now extend to discouraging abusive behavior in posts, not just comments. It's introducing a feature that warns people when their post captions might be offensive, using AI to detect language similar to posts that ha...
Microsoft tests content filters for Xbox messages
The gaming community can be ruthless and often outright abusive. In an attempt to make Xbox more welcoming and inclusive, Microsoft is introducing new content filters. Beginning today, Xbox Insiders can select one of four filters that will automatica...
Instagram makes its ‘Restrict’ anti-bullying tool available to everyone
Instagram is continuing to expand its anti-bullying efforts. A few months after it started testing its "Restrict" tool with a small group of users, the company is now rolling it out to everyone. The feature, which is designed to protect your account...
Reddit widens its anti-harassment policies to enable swifter crackdowns
Reddit is toughening its anti-harassment policies, and that's having consequences for parts of its community. The social site's new approach no longer limits harassment to those instances of "continued" or "systematic" activity, and includes any ins...