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YouTube Introduces AI Powered Comment Summarization Feature
YouTube has recently released a revolutionary feature which is based on artificial intelligence that will attempt to automatically summarise comments on videos in order to help creators and viewers deal with large amounts of comments. The feature, named “Comment Insights,” is now live for any video that has received more than 100 comments. All comments […]
Twitter Rolls Out New Comment Moderation Tools
Twitter has announced a set of new tools designed to provide people more control over what others say about them on the platform. Beginning today, across the world, the application released a number of features that enable users to moderate conversations and counter harassment on the app. On of the new changes is the possibility […]
New Features Help Fight Misinformation On Social Media
In a well-balanced and synchronized manner, all the giant social media platforms declared today they will be introducing several developments in order to fight misinformation and enhance the presentation of credible content. X (previously known as twitter) launched a new method of verification of news outlets and other public personalities in order to help its […]
Twitter Erupts Over Controversial Celebrity Tweet
Today many controversies arose on the social media platforms where there was a high profile celebrity who tweeted something that created trouble and controversy. The celebrity, who has been noted to have a way with words particularly when expressing himself on social issues posted a statement regarding a sensitive political issue at the time and […]
Users Strike over Reddit’s Comment Sorting Algorithm
Reddit, an internet-based social news and discussion site, is receiving a lot of flak from users since the adoption of a new comment ordering system. Just recently the new change was made without any prior notice and for the untrained eye the change has now affected the manner in which comments are shown and prioritized […]
Social Media Giants Face Backlash Over Comment Moderation
Decisions made in recent months that have attracted controversy across the social media platforms are new changes in the comment moderation policies of the three main services including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The new measures for increased safety have generated some controversy from the ML users, advocacy groups and other industry experts. According to the […]
New AI-Powered Feature on YouTube Faces Backlash
YouTube has once again tried to enhance the user experience in the platform and this time it has done it in the worst way possible with the comment summarization feature powered by artificial intelligence. The feature, which applies machine learning to summarise lengthy comment threads into short snippets, was designed to assist users in identifying […]
‘Community Notes’ on Twitter Faces Backlash Over Political Bias Claims
The social networking site’s feature known as “Community Notes” that is used to fact-check posts has been accused of being politically influenced and manipulated. The feature which lets users provide additional information that may help to clarify what would otherwise be ambiguous or even misleading tweets was created to fight fake news through community moderation. […]
TikTok’s “DeepTalk” Feature Raises Concerns about AI
The latest feature introduced by TikTok known as DeepTalk which uses AI to create comments on videos has raised controversy among users and tech ethicists. The new feature is still in beta and works by using a user’s view history and comments to write comments that resemble the user’s style. As TikTok claims that it […]
New Instagram Comment Moderation Tools Spark Debate
Instagram has recently introduced a set of new features for comment moderation to reduce harassment and abuse but the move has sparked a debate on free speech and censorship. The new features let the users hide comments with certain keywords or phrases and comments from people who do not follow the user or follow them […]