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Brazil launches AI platform to prosecute authors of posts considered anti-LGBT

28 points by delichon 1y ago

crickets 1y ago
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- arresin 1y ago
  What is there to say? That in many ways Brazil is a failed state now run by an unelected shadow cabinet? That would be true but everyone knows it and it would be a downer to read.
- bigbadfeline 1y ago
  "AI platform" for prosecution sounds like a click-bait and that's enough for me to skip it. Prosecution requires a law and that would be headline-worthy. An "AI platform" can be used for many law-related activities but that's not news.
- dotnet00 1y ago
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anon291 1y ago
Horrific violation of the basic rights to free speech.
- dyauspitr 1y ago
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  - anon291 1y ago
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    - simulator5g 1y ago
      People are being pulled off the streets. I've seen it myself.
      - anon291 1y ago
        People are being arrested with probable cause, sure. You can call it what you want, but when you go back a few days later when all the details are out, invariably you realize the initial story was incomplete.
    - free_bip 1y ago
      What an insane statement given it has literally happened AND been a massive news story for quite a while now. For anyone still unaware of the massive extent of constitutional rights violations that dyauspitr mentioned, Legal Eagle has a several-part video series that I highly recommend.
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 1y ago
  Are you allowed to include anything at all in a book where you live? I don't know of any place with a functional legal system where that is allowed.
  - anon291 1y ago
    Other than direct calls for violence (which in a book, really doesn't work that way, since any call to violence would be indirect in a sense), yes, you can publish anything. Any viewpoint at least. You cannot publish certain pornographic pictures (children, bestiality), but you are allowed to publish a book embracing both. Similarly, you are allowed to advocate for the violent overthrow of the American government. It is certainly legal, and many books have been published doing exactly this. I can't imagine anyone wanting to stop it; that's dumb. I mean, here's a book that not only advocated for the violent overthrow of the US government but gave explicit instructions on how to do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook It is legal (and easily available in the United States), but not legal in many countries, which is dumb. While the FBI investigated the author and the book itself, they concluded that it falls well under the 1st amendment rights of Americans. Again, and I'm not sure how many times I need to point this out, America is really the only free country in the world.
- matheusmoreira 1y ago
  There is no free speech in Brazil. Racism, homophobia, transphobia all result in harsher prison sentences than actual murder. Soon misogyny will be added to the list.
rexpop 1y ago
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dyauspitr 1y ago
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- tomhow 1y ago
  We've asked you recently to avoid breaking the guidelines. This comment breaks them them again, notably these ones: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously... Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer... Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. The guidelines apply equally to everyone and when people break them repeatedly and ignore our requests to stop, we have to ban the account. Please take a moment to remind yourself of the guidelines and make an effort to observe them in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- 4629262819 1y ago
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jauntywundrkind 1y ago
I don't know how I feel about prosecuting per se, but I damn well want society to have some social defenses against biggots. I absolutely want AI working on my behalf to tie a bell around the neck of anyone any posts from people going out of their way to be biggots and hateful.
- 4629262819 1y ago
  What would you stalinists do if you couldnt hunt down and/or murder dissenters?

28 points by delichon 1y ago

crickets 1y ago

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arresin 1y ago
What is there to say? That in many ways Brazil is a failed state now run by an unelected shadow cabinet? That would be true but everyone knows it and it would be a downer to read.
bigbadfeline 1y ago
"AI platform" for prosecution sounds like a click-bait and that's enough for me to skip it. Prosecution requires a law and that would be headline-worthy. An "AI platform" can be used for many law-related activities but that's not news.
dotnet00 1y ago
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anon291 1y ago

Horrific violation of the basic rights to free speech.

dyauspitr 1y ago
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- anon291 1y ago
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  - simulator5g 1y ago
    People are being pulled off the streets. I've seen it myself.
    - anon291 1y ago
      People are being arrested with probable cause, sure. You can call it what you want, but when you go back a few days later when all the details are out, invariably you realize the initial story was incomplete.
  - free_bip 1y ago
    What an insane statement given it has literally happened AND been a massive news story for quite a while now. For anyone still unaware of the massive extent of constitutional rights violations that dyauspitr mentioned, Legal Eagle has a several-part video series that I highly recommend.
tuwtuwtuwtuw 1y ago
Are you allowed to include anything at all in a book where you live? I don't know of any place with a functional legal system where that is allowed.
- anon291 1y ago
  Other than direct calls for violence (which in a book, really doesn't work that way, since any call to violence would be indirect in a sense), yes, you can publish anything. Any viewpoint at least. You cannot publish certain pornographic pictures (children, bestiality), but you are allowed to publish a book embracing both. Similarly, you are allowed to advocate for the violent overthrow of the American government. It is certainly legal, and many books have been published doing exactly this. I can't imagine anyone wanting to stop it; that's dumb. I mean, here's a book that not only advocated for the violent overthrow of the US government but gave explicit instructions on how to do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook It is legal (and easily available in the United States), but not legal in many countries, which is dumb. While the FBI investigated the author and the book itself, they concluded that it falls well under the 1st amendment rights of Americans. Again, and I'm not sure how many times I need to point this out, America is really the only free country in the world.
matheusmoreira 1y ago
There is no free speech in Brazil. Racism, homophobia, transphobia all result in harsher prison sentences than actual murder. Soon misogyny will be added to the list.

rexpop 1y ago

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dyauspitr 1y ago

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tomhow 1y ago
We've asked you recently to avoid breaking the guidelines. This comment breaks them them again, notably these ones: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously... Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer... Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. The guidelines apply equally to everyone and when people break them repeatedly and ignore our requests to stop, we have to ban the account. Please take a moment to remind yourself of the guidelines and make an effort to observe them in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
4629262819 1y ago
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jauntywundrkind 1y ago

I don't know how I feel about prosecuting per se, but I damn well want society to have some social defenses against biggots. I absolutely want AI working on my behalf to tie a bell around the neck of anyone any posts from people going out of their way to be biggots and hateful.

4629262819 1y ago
What would you stalinists do if you couldnt hunt down and/or murder dissenters?