Tag: black lives matter
Reddit bans r/The_Donals for a pattern of inciting hate speech
Earlier this month, several high-profile Reddit pages took a hiatus in protest of the company’s refusal to ban racist content. This seems to have finally caused Reddit to redefine its policies around hate speech and how it enforces them. Today, the c… Source
Read MoreDemographic report on protests shows how much info our phones give away
If you marched in recent Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Minneapolis or New York, there’s a chance the mobile analytics company Mobilewalla gleaned demographic data from your cellphone use. Last week, Mobilewalla released a repor… Source
Read MoreMicrosoft will double its Black senior leadership by 2025
Following the likes of Google and some of its other peers in the space, Microsoft unveiled a racial equality initiative on Tuesday. In a letter signed by CEO Satya Nadella, the company said it's "committed" to addressing racial injustice and inequity… Source
Read MoreEpic removed police cars from ‘Fortnite’
Epic Games is apparently trying to navigate some difficult cultural waters. Gamers report that Epic has removed all police cars from Fortnite as of the shooter’s latest update, and the Wall Street Journal understands that it was in response to Black… Source
Read MoreBandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACP
Bandcamp has announced that this Friday, June 19, it will donate 100 percent of its share of sales to the NAACP legal defense fund — and that it will do so annually. In its announcement, the music publishing platform cited the killings of George Flo… Source
Read MoreFacebook pledges $200 million to support Black-owned businesses
Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would give $10 million to groups working on racial justice. Since then, Apple has pledged $100 million to foster racial equity, Google said it will contribute $175 million and YouTube has committed $1… Source
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