HATEBOOK: DOES THIS GO AGAINST YOUR COMMUNITY STANDARDS?

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged algorithms, britain first, community standards, European Roma Rights Centre, extremism, facebook, featured, hate speech, internet, Mark Zuckerberg, marketing, racism, social media, social norms, technology.

By Jonathan Lee

Cw: hate speech, extremism

Ever seen a comment on Facebook that really riled you up?

Probably. But I mean one that really floored you – stopped you mid-scroll, and in a red mist, made you click those three innocuous little dots on the right and Submit to Facebook for Review?

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THE QUESTION CONCERNING TWITTER – IS HARASSMENT LESS REAL ONLINE?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged algorithms, artificial intelligence, bots, David Duke, Depression Quest, Donald Trump, doxing, EU, EU Commission, facebook, freedom of speech, harassment, internet, internet troll, Leslie Jones, Lindy West, Martin Heidegger, Microsoft, Normani Kordei, online abuse, people of colour, racism, Richard Spencer, sexism, social media, technology, transgender people, twitter, Twitterbot Tay, women, Zoe Quinn.

Content warning : Article mentions rape threats, harassment, racism

In The Question Concerning Technology, Heidegger argues that technology is a means to an end, and that technology is a human activity. The two are not mutually exclusive. Technology is a means to facilitate our lives, eliminating manual or tedious or repetitive tasks. We use technology for our human need of community, connecting to friends and family through social media, searching for partners on dating apps.

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