2019-04-18 | Platforms Want Centralized Censorship. That Should Scare You | WIRED
'We know that content moderation aimed at terrorist propaganda can sweep in news reporting, political protest, documentary footage, and more. ', "People whose posts are removed or accounts disabled on participating sites aren't even notified if the hash database was involved."
'The post-Christchurch push for centralizing censorship goes well beyond the GIFCT hash database. '
'But some of these responses have also included ideas that point in a disturbing direction: toward increasingly centralized and opaque censorship of the global internet. ', "We've already seen governments, including the European Union, look to co-opt the hash database and transform it from a voluntary initiative into a legislative mandate, without meaningful safeguards for protected speech."
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'We know that content moderation aimed at terrorist propaganda can sweep in news reporting, political protest, documentary footage, and more. ', "People whose posts are removed or accounts disabled on participating sites aren't even notified if the hash database was involved."
'The post-Christchurch push for centralizing censorship goes well beyond the GIFCT hash database. '
'But some of these responses have also included ideas that point in a disturbing direction: toward increasingly centralized and opaque censorship of the global internet. ', "We've already seen governments, including the European Union, look to co-opt the hash database and transform it from a voluntary initiative into a legislative mandate, without meaningful safeguards for protected speech."
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