How Automated Content Moderation Works (Even When It Doesn't)
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> There is also a parallel legal reality - that people have the right to free speech.
Here are go again.
Are we going to have to have the same argument that's already been on HN a million times about whether or not "free speech" means compelling a private company to let you use their platform for speech?
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In the US, the legal reality of free speech applies only to actions the government might take to restrict it. Regardless of what is good policy, the legal reality at the moment is that private companies have no obligation to provide free speech to their users.
This is being challenged by Texas and Florida, which have passed laws to require a level of free speech on the platforms. The platforms argue that their editorial control on what they host is itself protected speech (in the same way that magazines deciding what articles to accept is).
The states, for their part, argue that the media companies are more analogous to common carriers, which can be subject to non-discrimination laws.
The case was just heard by the supreme court, so we should get a decision at some point.
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> There is also a parallel legal reality - that people have the right to free speech.
The right to free speech only means you can't be prosecuted for what you say. It does not compel any private entity to distribute everything that you want to say.
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#7I feel that moderating a platform as massive as Facebook is essentially impossible.
Automating exact matches for known bad content is easy enough. But when trying to automate without using exact matches, it becomes impossible when nuance and context can make a huge difference in the meaning of a word or sentence. Automation can get it wrong, and when it does, users want the ability to force a human to review it and make a decision, but bad actors will abuse and overwhelm the system.
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Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1357/
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> There is also a parallel legal reality - that people have the right to free speech. The right to free speech only means you can't be prosecuted for what you say. It does not compel any private entity to distribute everything that you want to say.
> The right to free speech only means you can't be prosecuted for what you say.
It is a much broader protection against government retaliation than just "cannot be prosecuted", but it is a protection against the government, and it includes protection against being forced to endorse and relay others' speech. Compelled speech is the opposite of free speech.