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Musk's latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators

2 years 10 months ago
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job. Twitter and other big social media firms have relied heavily on contractors to track hate and enforce rules against harmful content. But many of [...]
BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN, Associated Press

Overnight Warming Center Of Alton Is Activated

2 years 10 months ago
ALTON - The Overnight Warming Center of Alton is activating tonight, Sunday, November 13 – doors open at 5 p.m. We are located at the Deliverance Temple Church at 1125 East 6th St. in Alton. Doors are located on Cherry Street. The Warming Center will be activated on nights over the winter when temperatures fall to dangerous levels for anyone out on the street without shelter. Anyone in need of a warm place can join us this evening. We also post our activations on our Facebook page: Overnight Warming Centers Alton

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

2 years 10 months ago
This week, we kick off the most insightful side of things with a comment from That One Guy on my post about how I still hope Twitter succeeds, where the comment highlights the biggest single thing that might get Elon to stop from burning the site to the ground: getting past his own ego. Step […]
Mike Masnick