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Does this apply to private chats? Because I'll send these in a joking way to my girlfriend and some of my other friends. I know that Facebook messenger parses c

Does this apply to private chats? Because I'll send these in a joking way to my girlfriend and some of my other friends. I know that Facebook messenger parses chats and won't allow porn site links and torrent magnet links to go through.

m-p-3 7y ago
They even parse/censor private/encrypted chat locally on the device, they cannot mind their own business.
cronix 7y ago
It's interesting how we still refer to them as "private messages" or "private chats" when we know full well everything is being analyzed, as evidenced by your post.
abstractbarista 7y ago
Woah wait, they're blocking magnet links too?? That's horrible. It's already disgusting that they block porn links. Why are they censoring private speech between friends?
- wishinghand 7y ago
  I haven't torrented in a while but I shared a non-piracy one for downloading creative commons game assets with someone about 5 years ago and it just wouldn't go through. I forget the automated message Messenger would give me but it was basically "We think this is illegal file sharing".
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  Removing porn links by default probably removes a considerable amount of spam and to keep creeps from sending your 12-year-old or your grandma graphic porn links.
mic47 7y ago
I guess this applies to reported content, and maybe for content for wider audience (like public post / group / ...)? I.e. if you send eggplant to your GF via chat, and she does not report you, it's fine. But if she receives private eggplant sex message from some rando and she report him, that should count as violation.
- wishinghand 7y ago
  I'm totally fine with that system, where they can choose to report. But I'm also a guy who's never had to deal with sexual harassment, so maybe it can be already on for non-friends at the least?
alunchbox 7y ago
Wait really ? Does it just try to parse the domain if it looks like a URL? Or is it easily obfuscated like additional letter or symbol infront example //{website}} will still be cencored ? What about breaking up the URL badwebsite.com vs bad/website.com

m-p-3 7y ago

They even parse/censor private/encrypted chat locally on the device, they cannot mind their own business.

cronix 7y ago

It's interesting how we still refer to them as "private messages" or "private chats" when we know full well everything is being analyzed, as evidenced by your post.

abstractbarista 7y ago

Woah wait, they're blocking magnet links too?? That's horrible. It's already disgusting that they block porn links. Why are they censoring private speech between friends?

wishinghand 7y ago
I haven't torrented in a while but I shared a non-piracy one for downloading creative commons game assets with someone about 5 years ago and it just wouldn't go through. I forget the automated message Messenger would give me but it was basically "We think this is illegal file sharing".
ryanmercer 7y ago
Removing porn links by default probably removes a considerable amount of spam and to keep creeps from sending your 12-year-old or your grandma graphic porn links.

mic47 7y ago

I guess this applies to reported content, and maybe for content for wider audience (like public post / group / ...)? I.e. if you send eggplant to your GF via chat, and she does not report you, it's fine. But if she receives private eggplant sex message from some rando and she report him, that should count as violation.

wishinghand 7y ago
I'm totally fine with that system, where they can choose to report. But I'm also a guy who's never had to deal with sexual harassment, so maybe it can be already on for non-friends at the least?

alunchbox 7y ago

Wait really ? Does it just try to parse the domain if it looks like a URL? Or is it easily obfuscated like additional letter or symbol infront example //{website}} will still be cencored ? What about breaking up the URL badwebsite.com vs bad/website.com