The News lab at the company is working with Pitch Interactive and ProPublica to use machine learning to track and report on hate crimes around the country.
This will make it easier for people to find stories about their hate crime of choice.
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Friday, 18 August 2017
Google Announces Hate Crime News Index
Although the YouTube version of removing hate crime videos hasn't worked very well (they've accidentally flagged documentaries about war crimes, too), Google News is going to have a "hate crime" addition.
The News lab at the company is working with Pitch Interactive and ProPublica to use machine learning to track and report on hate crimes around the country.
This will make it easier for people to find stories about their hate crime of choice.
The News lab at the company is working with Pitch Interactive and ProPublica to use machine learning to track and report on hate crimes around the country.
This will make it easier for people to find stories about their hate crime of choice.
OkCupid Just Banned a White Supremacist
Tweeting, "There is no room for hate" the internet dating site has banned a white supremicist.
"We were alerted by another dater on OkCupid who had been contacted by Cantwell recently," the company told Mashable.
This was followed shortly by OkCupid tweeting:
"We were alerted that white supremacist Chris Cantwell was on OkCupid. Within 10 minutes we banned him for life."
OkCupid CEO Elie Seidman told Mashable. "The formula for this one was easy: 'Nazi or supremacist == bad.'”
"We were alerted by another dater on OkCupid who had been contacted by Cantwell recently," the company told Mashable.
This was followed shortly by OkCupid tweeting:
"We were alerted that white supremacist Chris Cantwell was on OkCupid. Within 10 minutes we banned him for life."
OkCupid CEO Elie Seidman told Mashable. "The formula for this one was easy: 'Nazi or supremacist == bad.'”
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