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profiling by requiring suspicious activity reports to have substantially more information than race. The company reported posts with racial profiling were reduced by 75%. But in 2017, Nextdoor said that the platform changes would not entirely eliminate profiling in the app, so the platform would rely on local neighborhood leads (group moderators) to identify and report uncaught instances of profiling.
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and verify their home address. Verification methods include providing a credit card or confirming a code mailed or phoned to the prospective user. Nextdoor provides registered users with a list of neighbors who have also registered. Nextdoor allows users to see which nearby residents are registered
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were particularly vehement following a report that included examples of racially-motivated posts about minorities walking dogs, driving cars or delivering mail. In response, Nextdoor adopted algorithms to identify racially biased language. And it said in August 2016 that it would further curb
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Streetlife users, accustomed to having only their first names revealed. Streetlife data had been searchable by Google and Nextdoor does not allow search engines to index the platform.
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1055:"California will send residents election information through Nextdoor"
1127:"What Every Marketer Needs to Know About Local Social App 'Nextdoor'"
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438:"Nextdoor is expanding to France to connect neighbors – TechCrunch"
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1338:"Social Network Nextdoor Moves To Block Racial Profiling Online"
1313:"For Nextdoor, Eliminating Racism Is No Quick Fix | Backchannel"
814:"Nextdoor Taps Google Vet Dan Clancy for VP of Engineering Post"
1513:"Neighborhood-based app Nextdoor raises $ 75M in latest round"
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638:"Nextdoor's unexpected killer use case: Crime and safety"
590:"Nextdoor expands real estate arm into three new markets"
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