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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwitter won't autoban neo-Nazis because the filters may ban GOP politicians
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/twitter-won-t-autoban-neo-193850606.htmlIs booting neo-Nazis from Twitter a simple process? Probably not. Can steps be taken at the very least to punish racist tweets? Probably, but not everyone will be happy with whose hate speech gets scrubbed as a result.
With a user base of 321 million monthly tweeters a few millions less than the total US population the micro-blogging site could help minimize the rapid spread of digital hate speech in the country if they helped silence racist and xenophobic tweets. Turns out one Twitter employee couldnt help but wonder why they dont take action.
During an all-hands staff meeting on March 22nd, an employee asked why the company refrains from using its AI to kick white nationalists off the site. After all, Twitter had previously ushered a sweep of bans on accounts pushing Islamic State propaganda. The answer was unsurprising for anyone whos ever perused Twitter: Content filters created to identify hate speech could potentially result in Republican politicians being banned, an executive explained.
Motherboard broke down the executives explanation of the algorithm process:
With every sort of content filter, there is a tradeoff, [the executive] explained. When a platform aggressively enforces against ISIS content, for instance, it can also flag innocent accounts as well, such as Arabic language broadcasters. Society, in general, accepts the benefit of banning ISIS for inconveniencing some others, he said.
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Twitter won't autoban neo-Nazis because the filters may ban GOP politicians (Original Post)
G_j
Aug 2019
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. ...but didn't the Nazis create the Autobahn?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)2. Major clue, there!
MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)3. And therefore...