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How to curb hate on Instagram? New safety features Limits and Hidden Words aim to help – Detroit Free Press

| August 11, 2021

Instagram launches new privacy changes to protect young teens Instagram will now default users to private accounts at sign-up if theyre under the age of 16 or under 18 in specific locales.

Opinion | TikTok, YouTube and Facebook Want to Appear Trustworthy. Dont Be Fooled. – The New York Times

| August 9, 2021

Meanwhile, YouTube touts its transparency efforts, saying in 2019 that it launched over 30 different changes to reduce recommendations of borderline content and harmful misinformation, which resulted in a 70 percent average drop in watch time of this content coming from nonsubscribed recommendations in the United States. However, without any way to verify these statistics, users have no real transparency. Just as polluters green-wash their products by bedecking their packaging with green imagery, major tech platforms are opting for style, not substance.

Granite Hate: Complaints are on the rise across the state – The Union Leader

| August 9, 2021

A Deerfield state representative posts a public service announcement on social media, encouraging people to loot and burn the homes of Black Lives Matter supporters. A Farmington man puts up signs on his property condemning Blacks, immigrants, gay marriage and Massachusetts residents. A man hands out anti-Semitic pamphlets in a parking lot at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua.

During Hearing on Domestic Terrorism, Rosen Discusses the Role of Social Media in Spreading Disinformation and Extremism Online – Jacky Rosen

| August 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) examining racially, ethnically, andreligiously motivated domestic terrorism, U.S

The Dish: 5 things to eat and drink in Boston right now – Boston.com

| August 7, 2021

RestaurantsIncluding a vegetarian Reuben sandwich, dirty rice arancini, and watermelon beer.Anthony Caldwell cooks shrimp at 50Kitchen. David L Ryan/Globe Staff Wondering what to eat and drink in Boston this weekend? The Dish is a weekly guide to five things in the local restaurant and bar scene that are on my radar right now.Shoot me an e-mail at[emailprotected]to let me know what other dishes and drinks I should check out

No, California wildfires arent caused by space lasers, and experts want people to stop asking about it – San Francisco Chronicle

| August 7, 2021

Experts want people to stop blaming space lasers as the cause of the wildfires raging in California an old conspiracy theory that seems to have popped up again on social media this week. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, on Wednesday tweeted that he was going to lose it if he kept hearing the conspiracy theory. If I hear about space lasers as the cause of Californias wildfires one more time...I think Im gonna lose it, Swain wrote in a tweet that has garnered a lot of responses

Impact: Agents of Change – Nob Hill Gazette

| August 7, 2021

The rise in anti-Asian racism spurs six friends, including three locals, into collective action and activism. Although Ting, who is in his mid-50s, had encountered racism before, he was dismayed that it continues to be so prevalent. He also worried about his son and two daughters: Would their generation still be treated like outsiders?

Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press at 3:40 am MDT – KTVZ

| August 1, 2021

AP - Oregon-Northwest PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved killing up to four uncollared wolves in eastern Oregons Baker County, where officials say the Lookout Mountain wolf pack attacked four cows in 14 days

Sign in Southbury that compared Democratic Party to Nazis addressed during special meeting – WFSB

| August 1, 2021

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PayPal working with Anti-Defamation League on research into funding for extremist groups – USA TODAY

| July 28, 2021

Corrections & clarifications: This story has been corrected to clarify the research will focus on how extremist groups raisefunds. PayPal is collaborating with the Anti-Defamation League on research aimed at exploring how extremist or hate groups are funded.


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