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> Will a CSAM scanner implementation eventually be repurposed to block politically sensitive material? The likes of Google already have content scanners automa
by michaelt 3y ago
> Will a CSAM scanner implementation eventually be repurposed to block politically sensitive material?
The likes of Google already have content scanners automatically censoring some messages - namely, blocking e-mails about cheap viagra.
It would be very easy to add some extra keywords for politically sensitive topics - but we've been blocking spam for 25 years and I can't recall any reports of it happening.
- autoexec 3y agoIt'd take a whistleblower for us to know about it. Companies have been repeatedly caught filtering politically sensitive topics inappropriately (yahoo comes to mind https://archive.thinkprogress.org/yahoo-appears-to-be-censoring-email-messages-about-wall-street-protests-updated-d9ec9c4fa4eb/ https://archive.thinkprogress.org/yahoo-appears-to-be-censor...) but it's usually explained as an "error" and I suspect that in many cases it genuinely is, it's just impossible for us to tell the difference between "caught them red handed censoring" and "caught them red handed being bad at their job"
- johngladtj 3y agoIf you can't find any instances of politically motivated censorship in Google results you have been willfully blind.
- michaelt 3y agoI didn't ask about search results - I asked about e-mail spam detection performing politically motivated censorship.