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Women of color running for Congress in 2024 have faced a disproportionate number of attacks on X compared with other candidates, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the University of Pittsburgh. The report sought to compare the levels of offensive speech and hate speech that different groups of Congressional candidates are targeted with based on race and gender, with a particular emphasis on women of color. To do this, the reports authors analyzed 800,000 tweets that covered a three-month period between May 20 and August 23 of this year. That dataset represented all posts mentioning a candidate running for Congress with an account on X. The reports authors found that more than 20 percent of posts directed at Black and Asian women candidates contained offensive language about the candidate. It also found that Black women in particular were targeted with hate speech more often compared with other candidates. On average, less than 1% of all tweets that mentioned a candidate contained hate speech, the report says. However, we found that African-American women candidates were more likely than any other candidate to be subject to this type of post (4%). That roughly lines up with Xs recent transparency report the companys first since Elon Musk took over the company which said that rule-breaking content accounts for less than 1 percent of all posts on its platform. Notably, the CDTs report analyzed both hate speech which ostensibly violates Xs policies and offensive speech, which the report defined as words or phrases that demean, threaten, insult, or ridicule a candidate. While the latter category may not be against Xs rules, the report notes that the volume of suck attacks could still deter women of color from running for office. It recommends that X and other platforms take specific measures to counteract such effects. This should include clear policies that prohibit attacks against someone based on race or gender, greater transparency into how their systems address these types of attacks, better reporting tools and means for accountability, regular risk assessments with an emphasis on race and gender, and privacy preserving mechanisms for independent researchers to conduct studies using their data. The consequences of the status-quo where women of color candidates are targeted with significant attacks online at much higher rates than other candidates creates an immense barrier to creating a truly inclusive democracy.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/women-of-color-running-for-congress-are-attacked-disproportionately-on-x-report-finds-043206066.html?src=rss
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Juno, a widely praised (unofficial) YouTube app for Vision Pro, has been removed from Apples App Store after complaints from Google, according to an update from Junos developer Christian Selig. Google, Selig says, suggested that his app violates their trademark. Its the latest setback for Selig, who shut down his popular Reddit client Apollo last year after the company changed its developer policies to charge for use of its API. The shutdown of Apollo and other apps like it ignited a sitewide protest from Reddit users and moderators. This time, Selig says he doesnt want drama, noting the $5 app was a hobby project for him to tinker with developing for visionOS. I really enjoyed building Juno, but it was always something I saw as fundamentally a little app I built for fun, Selig wrote on his website. Because of that, I have zero desire to spin this into a massive fight akin to what happened with Reddit years ago. Its unclear what aspect of Juno may have been the issue. Selig says that Google referenced its trademarks and iconography in a message to Apple, stating that Juno does not adhere to YouTube guidelines and modifies the website in a way thats not permitted. I dont personally agree with this, as Juno is just a web view, and acts as little more than a browser extension that modifies CSS to make the website and video player look more visionOS like, Selig explains. No logos are placed other than those already on the website, and the for YouTube suffix is permitted in their branding guidelines. Google hasnt made its own YouTube app for Vision Pro, though the company said in February such an app was on our roadmap. The company didnt immediately respond to a request for comment. Selig says that people who have already paid for the app should be able to keep using it for the time being, though theres a chance a future YouTube update could end up bricking it.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/google-allegedly-got-the-juno-youtube-app-removed-from-the-vision-pro-app-store-232155656.html?src=rss
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Meta has been steadily improving Threads compatibility with the fediverse over the last year. Now, the company is taking another significant step with an update that allows users to see more details about their followers and interactions with people from other servers across the fediverse. Up to now, Threads has surfaced replies from Mastodon and other servers, and has alerted users to likes on their posts from other fediverse apps. But there was no way for a Threads user to see details about their followers from those services. Thats now changing, Adam Mosseri explained in a post. With the update, anyone who has opted-in to fediverse sharing on Threads will be able to see a detailed list of their followers from other servers and view their profiles. This will give people on Threads a better sense of their reach and audience on Mastodon and other apps. Threads fediverse support is still somewhat limited overall. Users still cant reply to replies that originate on apps outside of Threads, and theres no way to search for people on other servers from Threads. Theres also still a delay in cross-posting; it will now take 15 minutes for a post from Threads to appear as Meta also expanded the edit window for posts. Elsewhere, third-party developers are also making it easier for users who want to post on multiple decentralized services. A new app called Croissant enables cross-posting to Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky all at once. The paid app, first spotted by TechCrunch, aims to replicate the functionality of enterprise social media management apps like Buffer.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-will-show-how-many-followers-you-have-in-the-fediverse-215441432.html?src=rss
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