Users embrace “algospeak”, like saying “unalive” instead of dead, to bypass content moderation filters on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitch
I have a love-hate relationship with being sick. Tweets: Evan Greer / @evan_greer : I spoke with @TaylorLorenz about how attempting to “sanitize the internet” with automated content removal is a fools errand, and we should focus on structural remedies, like cracking down on surveillance capitalism and monopoly power instead https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : I wrote about all the crazy ways content moderation systems are reshaping the way we speak! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : Attempting to regulate human speech at a scale of billions of people in dozens of languages while trying to contend with things such as humor, sarcasm, local context and slang can't be done by down-ranking certain words, yet that's often how it plays out https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : Nip nobs Leg booty community Le dollar bean Opposite of love Saltines Dance parties Cornucopia Swimmers Accountant Backstreet Boys Reunion Tour I wrote about the rise of algospeak and the unprecedented impact content moderation systems have on our speech https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tracy Chou / @triketora : we are all just trying to live our digital lives away from the watchful eyes of our algorithmic overlords another great piece by @taylorlorenz whose brand continues to be the leading reporter on digital culture https://twitter.com/... @fadeke_adegbuyi : Love this piece on ‘algospeak’ and how social media moderation filters are influencing our vocabulary. Great example of how platforms shape behaviour—I'm seeing a few of these terms used offline, too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Realized this tweet might make it sound like I'm one of those weird nerds who thinks “free speech” means tech giants shouldn't do any content moderation. I am a weird nerd, but not that kind. I simply think they should try not to do such an absurdly lazy, ham-handed job of it. https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : The word “Orwellian” gets tossed around, but the fact that vast online communities have resorted to speaking in code like “unalive” instead of “dead” to avoid having their speech suppressed by clunky content moderation algorithms is extremely 1984. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ángel Díaz / @angelsdiaz_ : Spoke w/@TaylorLorenz about the magical thinking around automated content moderation, the disparate impact endured by Black communities and sex workers, and how slang is born of censorship. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Erica Ifill / @wickdchiq : This is important considering the federal government is proposing a new online harms bill. I wrote about the disaster they presented the last time: https://notinmycolour.com/... #cdnpoli #Budget2022 https://twitter.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : very early in the pandemic, when i was covering disinformation, they would rearrange the letters of corona to spell racoon — and that's how they avoided detection at least for a time. https://twitter.com/... Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg : This is an excellent look at the continual shifting language of the internet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jordan / @jordanuhl : Opaque, “proprietary” algorithms should have no role in moderating speech. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Evan Greer / @evan_greer : We waste so much time arguing about whether content moderation is good or bad that we often forget to ask important questions. Like, which problems can content moderation address? Which problems does it create? Which problems can't be solved this way, and what do we do instead? https://twitter.com/... Kevin Slane / @kslane : Deeply dystopian couple of paragraphs right here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... (via @TaylorLorenz) https://twitter.com/... Brooke Hammerling / @brooke : I love this so much. Especially as someone who writes about pop culture and tries to explain what the “kids” are up to. The fact the trend now is to speak about someone being “unalive” vs “dead” is an example. https://twitter.com/... Rachel Metz / @rachelmetz : So fascinating. Read this! https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : One girl made an entire site called Zuck Got Me For, which includes a big graveyard of “forbidden posts” removed by content moderation algos https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy : I've been waiting for a deep dive on the way social media filters have been shaping slang over the past few years and @TaylorLorenz really delivers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : I opposite of hate this fascinating @TaylorLorenz jam on the sub languages of algospeak. Spicy eggplants, nip nops, le dollar beans and the “collateral damage of literal speech” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
I spoke with @TaylorLorenz about how attempting to “sanitize the internet” with automated content removal is a fools errand, and we should focus on structural remedies, like cracking down on surveillance capitalism and monopoly power instead https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Attempting to regulate human speech at a scale of billions of people in dozens of languages while trying to contend with things such as humor, sarcasm, local context and slang can't be done by down-ranking certain words, yet that's often how it plays out https://www.washingtonpos…
Nip nobs Leg booty community Le dollar bean Opposite of love Saltines Dance parties Cornucopia Swimmers Accountant Backstreet Boys Reunion Tour I wrote about the rise of algospeak and the unprecedented impact content moderation systems have on our speech https://www.washingtonpos…
we are all just trying to live our digital lives away from the watchful eyes of our algorithmic overlords another great piece by @taylorlorenz whose brand continues to be the leading reporter on digital culture https://twitter.com/...
Love this piece on ‘algospeak’ and how social media moderation filters are influencing our vocabulary. Great example of how platforms shape behaviour—I'm seeing a few of these terms used offline, too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Realized this tweet might make it sound like I'm one of those weird nerds who thinks “free speech” means tech giants shouldn't do any content moderation. I am a weird nerd, but not that kind. I simply think they should try not to do such an absurdly lazy, ham-handed job of it. ht…
The word “Orwellian” gets tossed around, but the fact that vast online communities have resorted to speaking in code like “unalive” instead of “dead” to avoid having their speech suppressed by clunky content moderation algorithms is extremely 1984. https://www.washingtonpost.com/…
Spoke w/@TaylorLorenz about the magical thinking around automated content moderation, the disparate impact endured by Black communities and sex workers, and how slang is born of censorship. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
This is important considering the federal government is proposing a new online harms bill. I wrote about the disaster they presented the last time: https://notinmycolour.com/... #cdnpoli #Budget2022 https://twitter.com/...
very early in the pandemic, when i was covering disinformation, they would rearrange the letters of corona to spell racoon — and that's how they avoided detection at least for a time. https://twitter.com/...
We waste so much time arguing about whether content moderation is good or bad that we often forget to ask important questions. Like, which problems can content moderation address? Which problems does it create? Which problems can't be solved this way, and what do we do instead? h…
I love this so much. Especially as someone who writes about pop culture and tries to explain what the “kids” are up to. The fact the trend now is to speak about someone being “unalive” vs “dead” is an example. https://twitter.com/...
One girl made an entire site called Zuck Got Me For, which includes a big graveyard of “forbidden posts” removed by content moderation algos https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
I've been waiting for a deep dive on the way social media filters have been shaping slang over the past few years and @TaylorLorenz really delivers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
I opposite of hate this fascinating @TaylorLorenz jam on the sub languages of algospeak. Spicy eggplants, nip nops, le dollar beans and the “collateral damage of literal speech” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...