Google has launched a new AI program called Perspective to detect “abusive” comments online in an effort to crack down on hate speech. Publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Economist are testing the new software as a way of policing comments sections, according to the Financial Times…
The Dutch Death Spiral: From Paradise to Bolshevik Thought Police…
A country whose most outspoken filmmaker was slaughtered by an Islamist; whose bravest refugee, hunted by a fatwa, fled to the U.S.; whose cartoonists must live under protection, had better think twice before condemning a Member of Parliament, whose comments about Islam have forced him to live under 24-hour protection for more than a decade, […]
Good Cop Bad Cop Anybody?: EU Threatens Action if Facebook ‘Hate Speech’ Not Censored in 24 Hours…
The unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) is threatening to escalate from “non-legislative” action if Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube do not censor what it considers “illegal” online speech within 24 hours…
Internet Censorship in U.S. and Europe Is Being Coordinated…
Twitter Purges Dozens Of “Alt-Right” Accounts…
In a move dubbed as “corporate Stalinism” by one of those impacted, overnight Twitter again suspended dozens of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech…