Social media companies falling short in protecting targets of hate: Report

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Social media companies as a whole are not doing enough to protect targets of online hate, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization.

Social media companies as a whole are not doing enough to protect targets of online hate, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization

The ADL then came up with 11 platform features it said are necessary to protect targets of online hate — all of which were recommended in at least four of the reports. They include tools to communicate clearly with people reporting abuse, real-time support for people facing severe harassment, batch reporting of multiple posts, blocking and muting accounts, direct messages or keywords, and filtering content.

Instagram, TikTok and YouTube received C’s. Twitter and Facebook each were given a C-, and Discord and Reddit received D’s.

 

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