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how is invoking “the algorithm,” a defense? we want algorithmic censors, now?
by mylons 5y ago
how is invoking “the algorithm,” a defense? we want algorithmic censors, now?
- jldugger 5y agoIt's not a defense but an explanation. OP asked why google cared, and the answer is 'they likely don't and likely took no special actions.' Algorithmic censors exist pretty much anywhere you or I can publish information on someone else's domain name; even HN has a report button that feeds into algorthmic hiding of posts. All this shows that the algorithm is not particularly robust to state sponsored manipulations; the same way internet polling in the past decades were not particularly robust to 4chan.