Cloudflare introduces Guardrails in AI Gateway to help developers deploy AI applications safely by monitoring and controlling content through Llama Guard integration. The feature addresses challenges of inconsistent safety measures across AI models and provides comprehensive visibility into user interactions while helping meet regulatory requirements. Guardrails offers granular control over content moderation, allowing developers to flag or block inappropriate content based on predefined hazard categories.
A simple wellness reminder encouraging reduced screen time and increased outdoor activity to combat excessive social media consumption.
The UK's Online Safety Act, effective March 16, 2025, requires strict compliance from websites with UK visitors, regardless of location or ownership. Lobsters, a non-commercial hobbyist forum, faces potential geoblocking of UK users due to inability to meet complex regulatory requirements and potential $22M penalties.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Moraes ordered video platform Rumble to be banned in Brazil for non-compliance with court orders, including refusing to take down a controversial journalist's channel. Rumble, which powers Trump's Truth Social platform, has filed a lawsuit against Moraes, claiming unprecedented censorship and violation of US constitutional rights.
A critical analysis of AI-generated content flooding social media platforms, particularly focusing on emotional manipulation and financial exploitation through fake images and stories. The content farms use AI tools to create engagement-bait posts featuring wooden sculptures, sad bakers, and suffering animals, generating revenue through various monetization schemes.
Bluesky implemented a 'Lossy Timelines' system to improve performance by intentionally dropping some timeline updates for users who follow many accounts. This solution reduced fanout latency by 96% and eliminated hot shard issues in their database clusters. The approach demonstrates how embracing imperfection in system design can lead to better scalability and performance.
X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, preventing users from sharing direct contact links to the encrypted messaging service. The platform displays various error messages when users attempt to post Signal.me URLs, while other Signal domains remain accessible. This blocking coincides with federal employees using Signal to communicate with journalists about DOGE-related whistleblowing.
ThreadSky is a Reddit-style discussion platform integrated with Bluesky, offering community channels, content discovery, and cross-platform interaction capabilities.
A user shares their negative experience with LinkedIn, detailing multiple account restrictions, shadow-banning incidents, and verification challenges within their first three months of usage. The platform's algorithmic bias and poor treatment of new users, regardless of premium status, highlights significant user experience issues.
ICE is seeking private contractors to monitor and analyze social media for negative sentiment and potential threats against the agency and its officials, including tracking individuals' personal information and using facial recognition technology. The surveillance program, worth $5.5 million under a previous contract, raises concerns about privacy and free speech implications, particularly regarding constitutionally protected criticism of ICE.