【】

Feminist advocacy group UltraViolet has released a report card ranking some of the biggest social media platforms on how they handle misinformation, hate speech, harassment, and misogyny. Nobody did well.
Compiled in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the report evaluates Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube's policies against UltraViolet's 11 Policy Recommendations. It then averages each platform's scores and assigns a letter grade according to Harvard University Graduate School of Education's grading rubric.
Predictably, nobody got a gold star for their work, with Instagram emerging as the dunce of the class with an abysmal F overall. But even Reddit, the highest scoring of the lot, only walked away with a C average.
"Social media has become an almost ubiquitous part of modern life," said UltraViolet communications director Bridget Todd in a press release on Wednesday. "Despite the advantages of keeping in touch on social media platoforms [sic], we can’t allow the companies behind them to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, or tacitly condone racist, misogynistic, homophobic and transphobic attacks."
The only two As on the report card were earned in individual categories by Reddit and Twitter, both for ensuring that any user on these platforms can report content which violates their policies. However Twitter's average score was dragged down by its F-worthy failure to direct users exposed to extremist content to resources for countering extremism, as well as its failure to have a human-monitored help desk to support and protect victims of online sexual abuse. Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok also scored Fs in both of these categories.
In addition to the report card, UltraViolet also published an open letter to the CEOs of all the platforms it evaluated, demanding the companies immediately adopt and enforce the advocacy group's policies to better protect marginalised groups. UltraViolet's open letter was also signed by 75 other international organisations, including Color Of Change, GLAAD, and Public Citizen.
"Black, Indigenous, and women of color and LGBTQ people are being harmed on the internet by an onslaught of racist and misogynist attacks," the letter says. "The actions of your companies — Alphabet, Facebook, Twitter, ByteDance, TikTok, and Reddit — have demonstrated that you care more about your profit margins than keeping people safe."
It is a bit strange that UltraViolet listed Alphabet (formerly Google) but not Meta (formerly Facebook), and named TikTok and parent company Bytedance separately. Still, the overall sentiment is clear.
The likelihood that any of the addressed companies adopt UltraViolet's suggestions seems slim. But it's worth a shot if there's even a small chance the continued pressure on social media platforms will make the internet a better place.
"Your failure to act undermines free speech because it enables bad actors who create hostile environments that chill the free speech of marginalized communities," UltraViolet wrote. "There was once a time when social media represented revolutionary technology that could increase access to information, encourage empathy and diversity, and advance democracy. Now, your platforms must make a choice between pursuing those worthy ideals or continuing to drown the digital and physical worlds in hate, extremism, disinformation, and violence."
TopicsActivismReddit
相关文章
There's a big piece of fake chicken stuck to this phone case
If the perfect smartphone case signals a bit about who its owner is, then this silicon fried chicken2025-04-03- 西班牙人官宣武磊入選中國隊大名單 出征11月世預賽_阿曼www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-07 20:31:00| 評論(已有312035條評論)2025-04-03
- 穆帥 :不解羅馬隻打進2球 第3粒丟球存在越位嫌疑_比賽www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-08 00:01:00| 評論(已有312057條評論)2025-04-03
- 貴州隊無視球員討薪風波 官宣8日下午3點公開訓練_球迷www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-07 16:01:00| 評論(已有311994條評論)2025-04-03
New Zealand designer's photo series celebrates the elegance of aging
Not only is age nothin’ but a number -- it can be a asset when it comes to style.。 That’2025-04-03- 足協申請開放沙迦球迷看台 盼阿聯酋華人助威國足_比賽www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-08 07:31:00| 評論(已有312092條評論)2025-04-03
最新评论