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    Christine SchmidtAugust 11, 2017
    Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it
    For one thing, people did really, really badly on the quizzes (although that could be due to a language barrier).
    Joseph LichtermanMarch 1, 2017
    This site is “taking the edge off rant mode” by making readers pass a quiz before commenting
    “If everyone can agree that this is what the article says, then they have a much better basis for commenting on it.”
    This tool from Google parent Alphabet tries to tackle “toxic” comments through machine learning
    Joseph LichtermanMarch 21, 2016
    By crowdsourcing moderation duties, the startup Civil is working to improve comments for news orgs
    “When you moderate out the hate speech and the personal attacks, you actually end up hearing from a wider group of people.”
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