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Most likely machine learning gone wrong where enough people report messages with the same link as spam to cause anti-spam systems to auto-block it. Makes sense
by akersten 5y ago
Most likely machine learning gone wrong where enough people report messages with the same link as spam to cause anti-spam systems to auto-block it. Makes sense that the links are all political, these are the most likely type of domains someone would want to perform an ideologically-motivated confused-deputy attack on.
I doubt it's nefarious purposeful censorship. But the anti-spam system does need to be fixed to prevent this sort of abuse.
- throwawaymanbot 5y agoStop spreading doubt about it being nefarious. AI is trained. And if this is the future it’s still censorship regardless of if there’s an algorithm to blame or a human.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoand regardless what the stated purpose was. You're still just as dead from friendly fire.
- themitigating 5y agoHe should be censored for spreading doubt
- Brian_K_White 5y agoThat comment was neither censorship nor advocating censorship. It was meeting speech with other speech.
- egberts1 5y agoA poorly designed AI can appear to be … nefarious.
- ribosometronome 5y agoHow do you report an SMS message as spam to T-Mobile? Is that even something you can do? I've been receiving annoying blatant phishing texts from e-mail addresses as of late.
- procrastitron 5y agoYou copy the message and then send it to 7726. You’ll get an automated response back saying something like “Thank you for reporting spam”
- egberts1 5y agosheesh! how come T-Mobile never let us know that THAT 7726 is the “anti-SPAM” mechanism?
- mattkrause 5y agoIn case it's not obvious, 7726 spells "SPAM" when using the letters on the keypad.