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Google’s New Tool to Weed Out ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments – Ie. Censorship

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Google’s New Tool to Weed Out ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments – Ie. Censorship

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Post by Corristowolf » Fri, Feb 24, 2017, 9:26 AM UTC

Google’s New Tool to Weed Out ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments – Ie. Censorship
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Post by tdkl » Fri, Feb 24, 2017, 11:00 AM UTC

Great, now just flag "every opinion that's not ours" as toxic and you're set. Brave new world.

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Post by Corristowolf » Fri, Feb 24, 2017, 11:06 AM UTC

tdkl wrote: post #2

Great, now just flag "every opinion that's not ours" as toxic and you're set. Brave new world.

Exactly. The term "toxic" is highly subjective and prone to misuse.

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