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Reading this, it was hard not to think of the direction US Academia, and to a lesser degree the government in general, is headed. We’re having deeply uncomforta
by burlesona 6y ago
Reading this, it was hard not to think of the direction US Academia, and to a lesser degree the government in general, is headed. We’re having deeply uncomfortable dilemmas with free speech - and whether speech at scale is fundamentally different. Ten years ago I could never have imagined an apparatus such as described in this article existing in the US, but today it seems possible. Perhaps still unlikely, but possible.
- faitswulff 6y agoI was recently blocked for 24 hours from Facebook for testing the phrase “fucking British” in the context of colonial history. Note that I was testing it after another poster asked if their own comment saying the same thing had been censored. After having my test comment removed, I confirmed that “okay, it seems automated” which was itself flagged as being hate speech somehow, and my ban instated immediately. My contacts proceeded to discuss ways to get around the filter (use idioms, odd characters, Unicode) and I was immediately reminded of how people get around Chinese censorship.
- duxup 6y agoThat seems like an entirely different topic from what is described in the article.