Top Tech Firms Urged To Step Up Online Abuse Fightback (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report on The Guardian: Top tech companies are talking to grassroots organisations across the globe to organise a fightback on their platforms against online abuse, hate speech, misogyny and stalking. Facebook, Twitter and Google are reaching out to women's groups, NGOs and communities in Africa, America, India, Europe and the Middle East as the scale of abuse online continues to increase. But their attempts to foster a "counter-speech" movement to challenge the violent misogyny, racism, threats, intimidation and abuse that flood social media platforms have prompted some of the communities they are trying to empower to question whether they are ducking their own responsibilities. Sarah Green, of the End Violence against Women coalition, said: "Any moves by social media companies to support, encourage and empower individuals and groups to resist and counter abuse is very welcome."

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So, when is /. going to participate...

[phayes]

It'd be nice if you could completely get rid of all the nigger/Republicans hate everyone spam that is showing up in EVERY subject.

Re:So, when is /. going to participate...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd rather have an Ignore option that works for ACs. Maybe via IP address.

Or better yet, eliminate AC completely and let me ignore by user id.

Is there anybody forcing you to read AC posts at gunpoint?

Perpetually Offended

[Frosty Piss]

First of all, people need to learn to be less thin-skinned, as it seems we have become a society of the Perpetually Offended.

Second, if you must be Perpetually Offended, how about exercising your freedom of choice and avoiding parts of the Intertubes that Perpetually Offend you?