Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content
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Re: Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content
#2I don't feel comfortable flagging it because I disagree with the reasoning behind the policy, but isn't this political?[1]
Re: Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content
#3Bigass world-spanning censorship engine. I can't think of anything to say that isn't totally obvious.
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#4This can be used to censor any content, needless to say.
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#5A big win for virtue signalers, champagne socialists, and pseudointellectuals everywhere.
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#6Not yet clear whether Marxist thought will be blocked as extremist.
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#7Not yet clear whether Marxist thought will be blocked as extremist.
If you're referring to detox week, which explicitly supports flagging political submissions, you probably shouldn't be surprised if it does when you specifically call it out as Marxist.
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#8I don't feel comfortable flagging it because I disagree with the reasoning behind the policy, but isn't this political?[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404
If you think it is political, you must flag it, regardless of your comfort. Obey.
Re: Web giants to cooperate on removal of extremist content
#9Seems the method will rely on sharing file hashes. Should work in most cases but hashes would not be that difficult for a bad actor to change with some basic knowledge (I.e. terrorist uploader)