Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
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Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
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Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#2What is up with the sudden intense push for all of this Orwellian censorship lately?
Between this, Facebook, Google, and reddit trying to censor anything they deem to be wrongthink and the very hard push to deny American citizens their Second Amendment rights, I may have to consider purchasing some tin foil headgear.
It's become open season on the Bill of Rights lately.
It's starting to get more than just a little bit scary.
Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#3What is up with the sudden intense push for all of this Orwellian censorship lately? Between this, Facebook, Google, and reddit trying to censor anything they deem to be wrongthink and the very hard push to deny American citizens their Second Amendment rights, I may have to consider purchasing some tin foil headgear. It's become open season on the Bill of Rights lately. It's starting to get more than just a little bi…
I think it was the election of Trump. Everyone expected Clinton to win. Most people in silicon valley and most costal elites (i.e. journalists) lean more to the left. I think there collective shock at the election result, combined with the fact that their services (i.e. facebook scandal, or how the media reported on trump) may have contributed to it have resulted into a doubling down on purging wrong think.
Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#4We need to wait and watch. Let us see what official statements come from their spokesperson.
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#5People are still using Skype?
Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#6What is up with the sudden intense push for all of this Orwellian censorship lately? Between this, Facebook, Google, and reddit trying to censor anything they deem to be wrongthink and the very hard push to deny American citizens their Second Amendment rights, I may have to consider purchasing some tin foil headgear. It's become open season on the Bill of Rights lately. It's starting to get more than just a little bi…
I think it was the election of Trump. Everyone expected Clinton to win. Most people in silicon valley and most costal elites (i.e. journalists) lean more to the left. I think there collective shock at the election result, combined with the fact that their services (i.e. facebook scandal, or how the media reported on trump) may have contributed to it have resulted into a doubling down on purging wrong think .
This is flimsy.
Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#7What is up with the sudden intense push for all of this Orwellian censorship lately? Between this, Facebook, Google, and reddit trying to censor anything they deem to be wrongthink and the very hard push to deny American citizens their Second Amendment rights, I may have to consider purchasing some tin foil headgear. It's become open season on the Bill of Rights lately. It's starting to get more than just a little bi…
I think it was the election of Trump. Everyone expected Clinton to win. Most people in silicon valley and most costal elites (i.e. journalists) lean more to the left. I think there collective shock at the election result, combined with the fact that their services (i.e. facebook scandal, or how the media reported on trump) may have contributed to it have resulted into a doubling down on purging wrong think .
To add to this. More and more people are living in bubbles of ideological similarity[1]. There isn't really an exchange of ideas anymore between people who have divergent views. These days it is between moderates and extremists on the same side, rarely against someone who opposes an idea.
So when something happens that goes so against the grain, that is so shocking it demands a response you see the results like "trump derangement syndrome". Where everything bad the president does is hyped up far more than was under previous presidents, and every effort is made to return to the status quo.
Not to say that Trump is a good president, far from it. But Barack Obama banned people from travelling from the same countries as Trump and there wasn't massive outrage, protest and court challenges.
Societies are becoming more fragmented. Less and less are believing in the American dream or its equivalent and this is the outcome. I hope this isn't the start of the decline and decay and slow slide to irrelevance of the West like it was for so many past civilisations.
[1] http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything...
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#9> When investigating alleged violations of these Terms, Microsoft reserves the right to review Your Content in order to resolve the issue.
This is actually the most scary part of it. Not only you give up your freedom of speech when using their services, but you grant MS the rights to actively review all your data. That includes all your documents, emails, skype calls, etc.
Basically you give up any remaining online privacy regarding MS services.
Re: Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
#10Couldn't believe the headline, but wow, it's actually an understatement. Sharing "inappropriate content" including "for example ... offensive language" is banned from all Microsoft services.
But from the context, it seems that by "offensive language" they mean hate speech. Maybe. Or anything they want.