Hibaq Farah

United Kingdom

Staff Editor, Opinion at The New York Times Opinion

staff editor, opinion @nytimes / formerly tech reporter @guardian ★ ﹆ׂׂ ˖ ◗

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Articles

Lo que está pasando en el Reino Unido es impactante, pero no sorprendente

Aug 14, 2024 | prensalibre.com | Hibaq Farah

“Igual que existe el derecho a la libertad de expresión, existe el derecho a que la gente tenga acceso a información veraz”. LONDRES — Las escenas son impactantes. Tras el asesinato de tres niñas en la ciudad de Southport, en el noroeste de Inglaterra, se han producido disturbios en todo el país.
Opinión: Lo que está pasando en el Reino Unido es impactante, pero no sorprendente

Aug 13, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Hibaq Farah

EL CAOS SE VEÍA VENIR. LONDRES — Las escenas son impactantes. Tras el asesinato de tres niñas en la ciudad de Southport, en el noroeste de Inglaterra, se han producido disturbios en todo el país. Aprovechando la desinformación sobre la identidad del sospechoso, los agitadores de extrema derecha se embarcaron en un ataque frenético: incendiaron coches, quemaron mezquitas, acosaron a musulmanes, saquearon tiendas y atacaron hoteles en los que se alojaban solicitantes de asilo.
The Chaos in Britain Has Been Coming

Aug 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Hibaq Farah

In the wake of the murder of three young girls in the northwestern town of Southport, England, riots erupted across the country. Seizing on misinformation about the suspect's identity, far-right rioters embarked on a harrowing rampage, setting fire to cars, burning down mosques, harassing Muslims, looting stores and attacking hotels housing asylum seekers. In an early August weekend, there were over 50 protests and almost 400 arrests.
Diary of a TikTok moderator: ‘We are the people who sweep up the mess’

Dec 21, 2023 | theguardian.com | Hibaq Farah

TikTok says it has more than 40,000 professionals dedicated to keeping the platform safe. Moderators work alongside automated moderation systems, reviewing content in more than 70 languages. Earlier this year, TikTok invited journalists to its new “transparency and accountability” centre, a move aimed at showing the company wanted to be more open. It says moderators receive training that is thorough and under constant review. Yet little is really known about the working lives of these teams.
Israel-Gaza war live: UN delays ceasefire vote again after US request; Macron says ‘fighting terror does not mean to flatten Gaza’

Dec 20, 2023 | theguardian.com | Adam Fulton |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Julian Borger |Joanna Walters |Hibaq Farah

'Fighting terror does not mean to flatten Gaza,' says MacronFrance’s president Emmanuel Macron has said that fighting “terrorism” does not mean to “flatten Gaza or attack civilian populations indiscriminately”. Macron, in an interview with France 5 broadcaster, said: We cannot let the idea take root that an efficient fight against terrorism implies to flatten Gaza or attack civilian populations indiscriminately.
TikTok moderators struggling to assess Israel-Gaza content, Guardian told

Dec 20, 2023 | theguardian.com | Hibaq Farah

TikTok moderators have struggled to assess content related to the Israel-Gaza conflict because the platform removed an internal tool for flagging videos in a foreign language, the Guardian has been told. The change has meant moderators in Europe cannot flag that they do not understand foreign-language videos, for example, in Arabic and Hebrew, which are understood to be appearing more frequently in video queues.
TikTok allowing under-13s to keep accounts, evidence suggests

Dec 19, 2023 | msn.com | Hibaq Farah |Dan Milmo

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TikTok allowing under-13s to keep accounts, evidence suggests

Dec 19, 2023 | theguardian.com | Hibaq Farah |Dan Milmo

TikTok faces questions over safeguards for child users after a Guardian investigation found that moderators were being told to allow under-13s to stay on the platform if they claimed their parents were overseeing their accounts. In one example seen by the Guardian, a user who declared themselves to be 12 in their account bio, under TikTok’s minimum age of 13, was allowed to stay on the platform because their user profile stated the account was managed by their parents.
TikTok users including Russell Brand given special status, messages show

Dec 19, 2023 | theguardian.com | Hibaq Farah |Dan Milmo

TikTok has given special status to certain high-profile accounts, with moderators in Europe encouraged to be more lenient with content posted by people including Russell Brand, according to internal messages seen by the Guardian. The demand to be less stringent has also been underlined in meetings with moderators, the Guardian has been told.
TikTok staff told to avoid flagging problems with Amazon accounts

Dec 18, 2023 | msn.com | Hibaq Farah |Dan Milmo

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