This researcher programmed bots to fight racism on Twitter. It worked…
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Example of message designed to remind harassers of the humanity of their victims and to reconsider the norms of online behavior. As CEO Dick Costelo said in an internal memo in 2015, “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.” heavy-handed sanctions l
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- Example of message designed to remind harassers of the humanity of their victims and to reconsider the norms of online behavior.
- As CEO Dick Costelo said in an internal memo in 2015, “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.”
- heavy-handed sanctions like account bans can actually embolden users who are censored.
- How would reactions to my sanctioning message change based on the race of the bot sending the message?
- I also gave the bots characteristically white or characteristically black first and last names.
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