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Almost two years after a racial prejudice incident occurred, a Bay Area couple reached a $150,000 settlement. According to local news ABC 7, the couple was working late at their clothing store, Yema. During the closing hours, Tiburon police approached the couple at the store, demanding that they prove they owned Yema. Beginning to become heated, a white neighbor even stepped in to help defuse the situation by confirming the store belonged to the couple.
In early March, a shooter massacred 51 Muslims at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers. The horrifying nature of the act became worse when people learned that the shooter had live streamed 17 minutes of the attack through Facebook Live. Tech companies scrambled to delete videos of the shooting — which could still be found on both Facebook and Instagram in early May. The shooting eventually posed deeper questions around the dangers of live streaming. Live streaming was introduced to the world as a way to help show people experiences in real-time. Despite its original intentions, it has become yet another way that people can use the internet to spread hate. Following the Christchurch shooting, Facebook came under fire for its lack of regulations, which allowed the video to both stream and spread. The company ended up imposing tighter restrictions on live streaming to prevent future abuse. A key aspect of Facebook’s restrictions was its new “one-strike” policy. If...
Over the past year, Facebook has made it clear that the company wants to improve its reputation amongst the public. Since pivoting to privacy, the company has poured money into global advertising to help offset some of the consequences from its security mishaps, such as the infamous 2018 Cambridge Analaytica scandal . Part of Facebook’s push to privacy included an increased focus on private groups and messaging . That can be seen with some of the ads Facebook is developing, like ones with the campaign, “More Together.” The ad is intended to make people think about the meaningful exchanges Facebook allows them to have, but there’s a downside to the company’s new focus on groups. Facebook has always struggled with content moderation. By encouraging users to take their Facebook experience into closed, private forums — such as groups or messaging — the company has essentially skirted a lot of its responsibility as a platform. Recently, reports found that Border Patrol officers were in a...
The situation at the border is steadily growing worse. Children are separated from their families and people are being denied basic needs. Over the last year alone, seven children have died in federal immigration custody . There is no way to describe what’s happening at the border outside of cruelty, but the dehumanization of immigrants carries over online as well. On Monday, a ProPublica report exposed a private Facebook group for Border Patrol officers full of jokes about migrant’s deaths and sexist memes, often featuring Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The group — called “I’m 10-15” Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody” — was created in August 2016. So far, it has roughly 9,500 members from across the United States. One exchange that ProPublica accessed involved group members making jokes beneath the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died while in federal immigration custody. One person posted an Elmo Gif with the quote, “Oh well.”...
On March 15, shootings at two mosques during Friday prayers in New Zealand left 51 Muslims dead. The massacre itself was horrific, but what made it even worse was that the shooter live streamed the event on Facebook. Tech companies scrambled to remove the video after it appeared online, but they were unable to do so. Less than two weeks after the shooting, New Zealand officially banned people from sharing the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto or video . Consequences for owning or sharing the video weren’t initially made clear. Then on Tuesday, a Neo-Nazi was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sharing a video of the Christchurch massacre, Gizmodo reported . Philip Arps pled guilty to two counts of distributing objectionable material, New Zealand outlet RNZ reported . Arps sent it to about 30 people, but that’s not where he ended. He told the judge overseeing his case that the video — where bodies of dead children are visible — was “awesome.” In addition, RNZ reported that Arps asked...
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint filed in December is alleging that Facebook failed to protect private health information in its groups. The complaint– which was recently made public–alleges that Facebook leaked data about individuals in their patient support groups. These groups are dedicated to providing a sense of community for those who share the same medical conditions. BRCA and NGLY1 community advocates helped file the complaint. BRCA is a genetic mutation that has been linked to breast cancer, while NGLY1 is a rare genetic disorder. “Facebook offers the illusion of control but ignores and obscures privacy decisions,” the complaint said. The complaint alleges that Facebook was deceptive in using the terms “safety” and “control” for its medical support groups while giving users the ability to download personal information about group members. Support group members could have their names, phone numbers and email addresses downloaded which would link them to specific...