A deadly tornado in Alabama, remembering Luke Perry, Colton jumped the fence. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, March 5.
Last week, YouTube took an extraordinary step. After the discovery of a network of child predators using the platform’s comment sections to share timestamps and screenshots of underage users from implicitly sexual angles, the company disabled comments on almost all videos featuring minors.
Ryan Broderick wrote a thoughtful piece on why YouTube’s move is a tacit acknowledgement that human moderation is currently the best solution for policing harmful content. After the big platforms turned the internet into one giant comment section, they seem to have no interest in hiring real people to moderate it. From the piece: “When the barbarians are already inside the gates, you don’t tell the villagers to stay tuned for an algorithmic solution.”
An Uber driver created a hilariously thoughtful menu to allow customers to choose their ride experience If you’re an Uber driver — or, indeed, if you’re ever made a living providing a service — you know it can be hard to read precisely what people want from you on that day. Everyone has different needs.The options include “The Silent Ride,” “The Therapy Ride,” and “The Stand Up.”
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