We often hear and read about digital security, but digital safety concerns have also become a key issue for online platforms, creating a need for services and tools to address online integrity.
In the early stages of the internet, moderators of small platforms may have been able to hire a few people to ensure the content users were sharing was both truthful and non-violent. Today, there’s so much information being shared every second, the field of content moderation requires constant innovation to keep up and continue doing its job.
You might want to change all your passwords after reading this.
Online abuse, disinformation, fraud and other malicious content are growing and getting more complex to track. Today, a startup called ActiveFence is coming out of the shadows to announce significant funding on the back of a surge of large organizations using its services.
"Even if all European QAnons support the standard narrative, that is to say they support Trump and far-right ideas, each group adapts these messages to local circumstances," said the director of strategy at the Israeli cybersecurity company ActiveFence, Nitzan Tamari.
The “metaverse” is no longer a far-off concept in Sci-Fi novels. With this new reality, here are four evolving areas to watch as online platforms grapple with new and growing abuse vectors and the new phase of accountability.
