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Teens banned on Facebook, Instagram from seeing eating disorder, self-harm content

10Jan

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Teens banned on Facebook, Instagram from seeing eating disorder, self-harm content

[ad_1] Teens and their consumption trends on social media has always been controversial. In effect, they have been able to access almost any content that there is, even those ones that are clearly inappropriate for their age and experience. While big platforms such as Meta do not share the actual data on how the different kinds of content affect the teen mind, governments across the world are concerned about how youngsters perceive the same. Therefore, to take a step forward to solve this problem, Meta Platforms has announced it will ban teens from accessing harmful content such as self-harm, nudity, suicide, eating disorders, and others. Know what Meta said about the new move.It is reported that the changes have been highlighted by Meta after it faced multiple lawsuits from dozens of U...

3 ways Google Maps protects users from fake and unhelpful content

[ad_1] Google Maps has recently shared insights into how the recently redesigned platform proactively detects fake and unhelpful content and takes action against it. Recently, Google Maps received a number of major updates including Immersive View for routes, new AI features, and a new color palette. However, these features have made it even more important to keep the platform safe from fake reviews and misinformation. Google has revealed three different ways it is combating such content and making the platform robust for its users. Let us take a look. Posting in a blog post, Google Maps said, “With over 20 million reviews, photos, business hour updates and other contributions added to Maps each day, we're invested in making sure information is accurate and unhelpful content is removed…...

Twitter’s Surge in Harmful Content a Barrier to Advertiser Return

[ad_1] Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition, and the series of content policy changes that ensued, has led to a dramatic spike in hateful, violent and inaccurate posts on the platform, according to researchers. That's now the top challenge for Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino, who has to address advertisers' concerns about the trend in order to boost revenue and pay back the company's debts. Musk and Yaccarino have touted updates to the site's policies, such as letting advertisers prevent their posts from showing up next to certain kinds of content. Still, advertising sales are down by half since Musk took control of the company in October, he said this week. That's in part because businesses don't believe there has been significant progress in resolving the problem. “M...