The company’s oversight board just ruled that the phrase used by Palestinian protestors isn’t hate speech. But what does it mean? This will make you rethink how social media defines hate.
Sick of hateful comments? Use this free tool to block them on your favorite sites
The internet is, arguably, the meanest place to hang out in the world. Hateful comments, harmful content, and other unsavory behavior all await. Where can you turn when it all gets to be just a bit too much to handle? Tap or click here to filter certain words from your Facebook feed.
Our new favorite way to block out the trolls is a free tool that keeps any website’s comments section hidden from view.
Read on to learn about Shut Up, the browser extension you’ve been waiting for.
Here’s the backstory
To block comments with this free tool, simply visit the site and click on your preferred browser. The extension is available for Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox and Opera. You’ll be redirected to an installation page where you can add the extension.
After adding the extension to your browser, it automatically blocks comments on any web page you visit. It loads web pages in a pre-created stylesheet that blocks comments.
If you want to see comments on specific sites, it’s simple. Just click the Shut Up button in your browser’s toolbar and select Reload Without Content Blockers.
We love this effort against internet hate. The genius behind the project, Ricky Romero, has even made his contact info public for anybody with issues or possible improvements to implement.
He is also an ardent believer in a safe, secure, and free internet and promises that this tool will never track or sell your browsing data.
The end of hate online?
Clippy’s back …: … Kind of. Winpilot, a third-party tool that helps optimize your Windows OS, now includes a built-in assistant called — you guessed it — Clippy. Much like the original Office 97 assistant, it mostly assists with stuff you can do already in your Settings menu. But it can help you remove Windows 11’s built-in AI assistant, Copilot. Assistant-on-assistant crime: You hate to see it.
How TikTok allows anti-Jewish hate
Are TikTok’s safeguards against hate and harrassment really doing anything? I have the lowdown in this podcast.