科技创新！
Snapchat and Instagram drop Giphy for allowing racist GIFs
UPDATE: March 10, 2018, 2:25 p.m. EST Giphy released a statement to Mashable apologizing for the offensive GIF. The story has been updated with the statement below.
Giphy is in hot water with Snapchat and Instagram after people spotted a racist and hateful GIF when searching for GIFs to use on the platforms.
SEE ALSO: Making GIFs just got way easier thanks to Google's keyboard appBoth social media platforms removed their Giphy integrations after learning of the issue, TechCrunchreported Friday. The offending GIF appears to have been removed by Giphy, but Instagram and Snapchat have yet to bring back their Giphy features.
The GIF in question makes an offensive statement about race-based crimes, and it prominently features the N-word. There's nothing questionable about its intent; it is overtly racist.
Twitter user Lyauna Augmon said she searched "crime" in Instagram's Giphy feature and the above GIF came up as a suggestion. The same GIF also appeared as a suggestion in Snapchat's Giphy feature.
In a statement to TechCrunch, Snapchat said it removed Giphy after it heard about the problem.
"As soon as we were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure that this won’t happen again ... while we wait for Giphy’s team to take a look at it," Snapchat said.
Instagram similarly disabled Giphy after hearing about the hateful GIF.
"This type of content has no place on Instagram," Instagram told TechCrunch. "We have stopped our integration with Giphy as they investigate the issue."
Giphy itself apologized for the offensive GIF in a statement provided to Mashable and said it would be performing extra moderation for its library of GIFs. The GIF itself slipped through the cracks of its usual moderation due to a bug which Giphy said it has has since fixed.
"A user discovered an offensive GIF sticker in our library, and we immediately removed it per our content guidelines," Giphy said in a statement. "After investigation of the incident, this sticker was available due to a bug in our content moderation filters specifically affecting GIF stickers. We have fixed the bug and have re-moderated all of the GIF stickers in our library. The Giphy staff is also further reviewing every GIF sticker by hand and should be finished shortly."
"We take full responsibility for these recent events and sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended," Giphy added.
Giphy is a very new addition to both social media platforms. Instagram added the feature in January and Snapchat only just partnered with Giphy in February, so in the latter case it wasn't even available for a full month before it was disabled.
Featured Video For You
This song addresses what it's like to grow up surrounded by social media
友链
外链
互链
Copyright © 2023 Powered by
Snapchat and Instagram drop Giphy for allowing racist GIFs-逆水行舟网
sitemap
文章
8
浏览
4
获赞
268
热门推荐
The 'Cats' trailer gave everyone nightmares, so we're coping with memes
The CATStrailer dropped on Thursday and everyone is deeply uncomfortable. Many stage-to-screen produ15+ Titles Every PC Gamer Should Own
There are thousands upon thousands of PC games out there, and hundreds of good ones. However, some hAnalyzing Graphics Card Pricing: October 2018
Graphics card prices have come down significantly since the start of the year when the mining crazeTechSpot's Annual Guide to Buying a Used Graphics Card
If your gaming PC is in desperate need of a GPU upgrade and you want to save as much money as possibBear breaks into a house and escapes 'like the Kool
Bears are a lot like the Kool-Aid Man, and no you cannot change my mind. Allow me to explain: Both aResident Evil 3 Benchmarked
Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the PlayStation original released back in 1999. The game follows JillThe Past, Present and Future of Diablo
On November 2, 2018, Blizzard closed its annual BlizzCon keynote by announcing, to scattered applaus7 Tech Predictions for 2019
Though it's a year shy of the big decade marker, 2019 looks to be one of the most exciting and mostThe Vatican was reportedly hacked by China
Sounds kind of like the plot of Mission Impossible IIIor a Dan Brown book.Hackers with links to theHow 3D Game Rendering Works: Lighting and Shadows
The vast majority of visual effects you see in games today depend on the clever use of lighting andThe 10 Most Anticipated PC Games of 2020
Looking back before we move forward, 2019 was a good year for PC gaming. After a somewhat mediocre 25 Days of Awesome Wallpapers: Nature Photography and Amazing Scenes
A great wallpaper can start your day off on a good mood. There’s certainly no shortage of places toScreenshot Sharing in a Snap: 7 Free Alternatives to Droplr
Many of us here at TechSpot use Droplr on a daily basis to quickly share screenshots. While this simResident Evil 3 Benchmarked
Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the PlayStation original released back in 1999. The game follows JillBattlefield V DLSS Tested: Overpromised, Underdelivered
Nvidia's deep learning super sampling, or DLSS, is one of the highly anticipated features present on