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The word "filters" is not in this text What it actually says is far less inflammatory: "We have had repeated meetings of the extremism task force—it met again
by jsvaughan 13y ago
The word "filters" is not in this text
What it actually says is far less inflammatory:
"We have had repeated meetings of the extremism task force—it met again yesterday—setting out a whole series of steps that we will take to counter the extremist narrative, including by blocking online sites."
- agravier 13y agoHow is "blocking online sites" different than "filtering"?
- sorenbs 13y agoI was thinking automatic filters that would block specific pages based on the output of some text analysis algorithm. This sounds more like a manually maintained blacklist, which would be very easy to work around using different users on social media and letting followers find you on Google.
- sorenbs 13y agoI was thinking automatic filters that would block specific pages based on the output of some text analysis algorithm. This sounds more like a manually maintained blacklist, which would be very easy to work around using different users on social media and letting followers find you on Google.
- sorenbs 13y agoI was thinking automatic filters that would block specific pages based on the output of some text analysis algorithm. This sounds more like a manually maintained blacklist, which would be very easy to work around using different users on social media and letting followers find you on Google.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoTo me filter implies an automated system. This sounds more like they are blocking specific sites after investigating them.
- mhurron 13y agoI'm willing to bet the wording was picked very carefully to split this exact hair. Automated systems get their block lists from investigations.
- vidarh 13y agoAnd I bet parliament is full of invisible pink unicorns. We can speculate all we want, but making up claims that are totally unsupported, and presenting them as actual statements made by a specific person in this way is pure character assassination.
- EGreg 13y agoI always wondered, if the unicorns are invisible, in what sense are they pink?
- polymatter 13y agoI think that's part of the point of their proverbial existence. Their description isn't self-consistent, which is just further emphasizing these are objects that don't exist.
- EGreg 13y agoBut then they don't match the thing being compared with, which at least MAY exist.
- pantalaimon 13y agoThat doesn't make it any better.
- vidarh 13y agoThat may be so, but that does not mean the title is supported by the article at all.
- josephagoss 13y ago"blocking online sites" implies filter, does it not? Obviously they won't actually put filter in the text, that would be far too direct for a politician.
- ohwp 13y agoThere is a difference. A filter is a dumb blocking mechanism while blocking a specific site could involve research, warrants and so on.
- josephagoss 13y agoIt could involve "research, warrants and so on" but if the UK builds up a large enough intelligence capacity [1], Those warrants and research can be mass processed and then how is this different from a filter? It might not be dumb but it is still a filter. [1] This might not be true, but I feel that Englands intelligence capacity per capita is far greater than any other country in the world.
- vidarh 13y agoThat's not a sufficient reason for making up unsupported titles.
- Stubbs 13y agoIt could, but the title says they have done it, which they haven't.
- kamjam 13y agoWhy don't they just take the site down? Oh wait, it's somewhere else in the world out side the UK jurisdiction. Ok, so the game of cat and mouse begins, we all know how well that's worked with the pirate bay.