A misfire of YouTube’s systems led to the accidental banning of YouTube channels affecting numerous creators who were informed their channels were removed for “Spam & Deceptive Practices.” YouTube has now apologized for the problem and says it’s rectifying the situation, but did not comment on the cause of the bans, leading creators to wonder […]
Airtel taps AI to combat India’s rampant spam calls problem
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Wednesday it’s rolling out an AI-powered spam detection solution to all its customers to curb the raging spam calls and messages problem in the country. The company claims the solution is India’s first network-based, AI-powered, spam detection system. The feature will alert Airtel’s customers in real-time to […]
Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more
Social networking startup Bluesky, which is building a decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), offered an update on Wednesday about how it’s approaching various trust and safety concerns on its platform. The company is in various stages of developing and piloting a range of initiatives focused on dealing with bad actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts, […]
WhatsApp Business is changing its rates for messages as it aims to reduce marketing spam
WhatsApp Business is changing its per-conversation rates for businesses — a conversation is a 24-hour thread between sellers and users. The company is reducing rates for utility messages and raising rates for marketing messages. Meta charges businesses through four categories of messages: Marketing (offers, new products), Ulitity (order updates, account balance), authentication (one-time passwords), and […]
Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing
In March, Microsoft confirmed that Russian government hackers known as Midnight Blizzard (or APT29) had broken into its systems with the goal of stealing various kinds of information, including data on Microsoft customers. Months later, Microsoft is still in the process of notifying its affected customers, and it looks like the process isn’t going very […]