Harassment has become ubiquitous on social media and in the online world; Twitter has been under fire for how it handles harassment, YouTube’s trending algorithm has occasionally promoted offensive videos, and reporting abuse on Instagram is still quite difficult. While current tools for harassment such as blocking users or filtering trigger words partially helps, a lot of online mistreatment is so subtle that an algorithm alone might not pick up on various cues. But what if people could actually leverage their friends to help moderate their accounts and shield them from abusive messages? A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) use that approach with “Squadbox,” a new crowdsourcing tool that enables people who have been the targets of harassment to coordinate “squads” of friends to filter messages and support them during attacks. The team interviewed a range of scientists, activists, and Youtube personalities, Continuer la lecture Using friends to fight online harassment→