Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Remember Digg? It started in 2004, as an experiment to crowdsource the Web—to “digg” something was to upvote it—and ...

Meta is set to launch its own version of community-driven fact-checking in the U.S. on March 18, Reuters reports — a bold pivot in the social media giant’s approach to combating misinformation. Meta ...

If you were starting a new social media platform—one that tried to balance civil behavior with strong engagement—and were looking for an example to emulate, Chris Vargo has an unexpected one to offer.

Bluesky, the decentralized social network and frontrunner alternative to Twitter, has been hailed as a wonderland of funny posts and good vibes. But a moderation policy change that followed a death ...

Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its community-driven content moderation program, to half of all US users on Wednesday. Twitter first launched Birdwatch last year with the goal of empowering users to ...

These are strange days for people who care about trust and safety on platforms. Historically, many people have suggested that either more effective central moderation (a platform owner intervening ...

Cecilia Munthe is director of customer experience at Star Stable, and Mari-Sanna Paukkeri is CEO and co-founder of Utopia Analytics Every game publisher will have some level of moderation in place if ...

Birdwatch invites a small pool of Twitter users to contribute notes to tweets to add context. The program has slowly expanded to now include all US users. Birdwatch invites a small pool of Twitter ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeShop Holdings Limited (WSHP) (“WeShop” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: WSHP), the world’s first community-owned social commerce platform, today announced new ...

Community moderators are typically in charge of overseeing online communities. This could be on forums, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, TikTok, YouTube, or any place where a group of people communicate ...

The whirlwind of response in the wake of Europa Universalis IV's Leviathan expansion and 1.31 update has not abated over the weekend. Last Friday we reported how the Hearts of Iron team spoke out ...