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Twitter Isn't Removing Enough Hate Speech, Complains The EU (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader quotes CNN:
Twitter is not good enough at removing hate speech from its platform. That's the judgment of Europe's top regulator, which released data on Thursday showing that Twitter has failed to meet its standard of taking down 50% of hate speech posts after being warned that they include objectionable content. Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and Google have all agreed to do more, promising last May to review a majority of hate speech flagged by users within 24 hours and to remove any illegal content.
A year into the agreement, the European Commission said that Facebook and YouTube, which is owned by Google, have both managed to remove 66% of reported hate speech. Twitter's rate, meanwhile, was 38%. That's below the commission's standard but a major improvement from December, when the service was removing only 19% of hate speech... Twitter was also slightly slower than rivals Facebook and YouTube when it came to reviewing content. The regulator said that Facebook reviewed flagged content within 24 hours in 58% of cases. YouTube did the same 43% of the time, while Twitter met the 24-hour benchmark in 39% of cases.
European lawmakers are considering laws mandating the blocking of online hate speech, so they're carefully watching what happens when social media companies self-regulate.
"Tackling illegal hate speech online is a contribution to the fight against terrorism," argued the EU Commission's top justice official.
A year into the agreement, the European Commission said that Facebook and YouTube, which is owned by Google, have both managed to remove 66% of reported hate speech. Twitter's rate, meanwhile, was 38%. That's below the commission's standard but a major improvement from December, when the service was removing only 19% of hate speech... Twitter was also slightly slower than rivals Facebook and YouTube when it came to reviewing content. The regulator said that Facebook reviewed flagged content within 24 hours in 58% of cases. YouTube did the same 43% of the time, while Twitter met the 24-hour benchmark in 39% of cases.
European lawmakers are considering laws mandating the blocking of online hate speech, so they're carefully watching what happens when social media companies self-regulate.
"Tackling illegal hate speech online is a contribution to the fight against terrorism," argued the EU Commission's top justice official.
Anything the person in charge doesn't want to hear.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Censorchip... that's whats the UE want.
Hate groups have been using Twitter to harass members of the LSMFQT community, and it must stop...NOW!
When are we going to fight back? Twitter and all the other big companies should set up VPNs to bust through their firewalls. We have to make censorship impossible. The internet is supposed to route around the tyrants.
Ban RealDonaldTrump and all his bot fans.
Hate speech will drop like a rock
Facebook is owned by Google?
So... what this guy is saying is that he hates terrorism? Shouldn't we block him too?
#DeleteFacebook
It's that pesky interwebs again,
Translation: You are not removing things we do not like fast enough.
Fuck and off you shitbag socialist narcissists.
What Learless Feeders like the EU totally fail to comprehend is that we don't all agree with them. On person's hate speech is another person's free speech. Just because they don't like something on the internet doesn't mean they need to, or can, ban it. One would think the EU would know history better.
I don't think their idea of what "should be permitted" deserves ANY respect, based on the poor performance of various of these countries in the past.
If anything, these governments should be ignored.
Aside from that, the idea of controlling "hate speech" is a fools errand.
Even if you could control what is written on the web ( which is in practice impossible ) you will never be able to control
what people say in their homes, or in bars or cafes, or in any other setting where people are free to come and go as they
choose.
The REAL agenda here is not controlling hate speech, but controlling the ability of people to express dissent relative to government.
And if you don't think THIS is a very bad thing, you need to think some more.
We can say "Kill all white people" and that is all good, in fact it is sort of in fashion right now.
Americans have free speech, bitch. When will you fuckers learn to appreciate free speech, bitch? Fuck off, bitch.
of intolerance. That is something the Democrats get that the Republicans never will because the Republicans oppress freedom of speech by allowing speech they shouldn't allow.
Censorship... that's what the EU wants.
Exactly this. Twitter is now blocking elected politicians in some countries because they call out EU on their migration policies. Who the f*ck are they to decide what is hateful, and to whom??
To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
...of equal importance to Freedom of Speech?
And what about the ears of the poor censors deciding what's good or bad to be heard?
Feeling baffled by BS? Trump thinks you're merely DAZZLED!
Twitter is great for spreading BS. The complications of reality just don't fit into little tweets, but what's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
No brilliance in #PresidentTweety, just bankruptcy.. Let's shave Trump's tax returns with Occam's Razor, shall we?
If you can borrow money, you are NOT really bankrupt. There are times when an actually sharp businessman can play bankruptcy games and borrow more money and come out ahead. That is NOT what happened to Trump.
Trump's creditors, the American banks, refused to loan him more money after his first few bankruptcies. When your creditors are convinced you can't pay them back, then you are TRULY bankrupt. Trump was BROKE, not brilliant.
But wait. This was in the early 90s. The Soviet Union was collapsing and the YUGE state economy was being liquidated. More precisely, it was being STOLEN by kleptocratic politicians who could approve sweetheart deals. The quid pro quo was in the form of YUGE bribes. Suddenly they had YUGE money, but it was dirty money and needed to be laundered. (Read Putin's Kleptocracy for details.)
Tump's tax returns will eventually reveal that his assets are actually commissions for laundering that dirty money for Putin and his cronies.
Be careful what you wish for, Vladimir. The fall of the house of Trump is going to unlaunder a LOT of dirty money from Russia.
(No one knows how rich Putin is because all of his money is still dark. Low estimates make him one of the richest men in the world, but high estimates make him the richest. For now.)
Freedom = (Meaningful - Coerced) Choice != (Speech | Beer^2), and sad sock puppets' bad mods avail them naught.
One man's hate speech is another man's religious doctrine.
The untermensch at Twitter muss comply with rightful European orders! Europeans are Herrenvolk, the true Master Race who is destined to rule the whole world. If Twitter does not remove hate speech wir will gas all the Juden! Verstanden?
Forget to take our meds today?
Turn the whole commenting thing off and turn it in to TV broadcasting, so the globalist banking institutions and their lifestyles won't ever be criticized.
So called tolerance actually meaning intolerance.And human rights hate against whites, heterosexuals, christians and dictatorship of minorities. "Refugees" included and their traditional way of life in the no go zones.
Hating removal of hate speech meaning hating this artificial construct called European Union.
The main purpose of Bruxelles is to convert entire space of European Union in a single "No go area" with no walls, no states, no borders, one race. Just in wet dreams of extreme left useful idiots. Not reality.
Communism from the USSR has provided the best immunization against communism from EU or America. Quoting somebody: Millions of "douchebags" form east against the new religion represented by progressivism, LGBTQ marriage, secularism, gender identity, "refugees welcome" and so on. Just because they refuse to self-destruct as some, politically correct and feminist, from West do.
Twitter in particular is fairly open about their political bias in censorship. I think that's perfectly OK for a business - there are all kinds of walled gardens, after all, and some people seem to enjoy them. I just wish these social media companies were more open and honest about it all, but I guess it really is hard to see one's own biases.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Hate speech == any speech I hate.
I'd understand if they were, say, worried about blocking the Isis recruiters or something, but the people wanting the bans seem more eager to help them so what do I know?
A quick question for everyone.
Kathy Griffin holding the bloody, severed head of the US president was all over twitter the other day.
Does this image count as hate speech? Will Kathy lose her twitter account, or will reposters of the image be banned or penalized in any way?
I'm just wondering if the content is important, as opposed to the political bias.
There is a definition, but you neither know nor care.
PS "child pornography" is defined as "whatever I thnk too young is"? Because in Japan, the legal age is way lower. And in some states and arab nations, it's higher than 18. And some places it's KP even if it's merely middle aged women dressing up as schoolgirls.
Also "Free speech restrictions are whatever I decide is impeding what I want to hear", right?
Political correctness is a godless, terrorist religion. Trump is well within his rights to send drones to the affected areas.
There's a video below of a gentleman at what appears to be an anti-fascist demonstration holding a sign saying, "The right to openly discuses ideas must be defended". According to the so called anti-fascists he's a Nazi and a fascist for having these opinions:
https://twitter.com/BasedMonitored/status/862025400951742464
Leftists of Slashdot, at what point do you start condemning the action of your fellow leftists? Most leftists are remaining very quiet as about this new form of fascism, that is coming in the guise of anti-fascism. Are you just going to stay quiet as Europe becomes a fascist state where only some opinions are permitted?
This is a very dangerous situation, and action must be taken by all sides to protect free speech. I feel strongly that free speech should be enshrined in law, just as it is in the US. Sadly, I see very little chance of that happening. We're on a slippery slope and we're already at least half way down it.
Seriously. If you don't have physical operations in the EU, you will not have to worry about the continent's rulers' permanent inability to respect the concept of free speech.
Damn those white Christians that keep exploding all over Europe.
In fact, a shitskin muzzie just mowed down a bunch of pedestrians on the London Bridge just minutes ago.
But yes, that white Christian terrorism, whoo boy we gotta do something about that!
Faggot.
Those EU's getting so crafty, learned from the best of them.
Step 1: Find large US company
Step 2: ______ for the kids! What about the women and children!!! (i.e. make shit up that gets traction)
Step 3: Wait
Step 4: Fine them BILLIONS!!!
(of course put that in their coffers)
Step 5: Import more illegals to vote!
...that would get you convicted under CP laws. That is scary.
But yes, that white Christian terrorism, whoo boy we gotta do something about that!
Faggot.
Now now, let's not be prejudiced!
There's no evidence to suggest that it was Muslim in any way. We should wait until the official reports come in.
Let's not jump to conclusions.
You don't like it, block us out of your country and see where that gets you next election.
Antifa is white christians?
Dude, great post!
Insightful, with a clear point and historical context. Whether anyone agrees with the position is immaterial - it in NO WAY should have been modded down.
You are a victim of the forces you are commenting upon, and I'm sorry for that.
The USA offers freedom of speech and freedom after speech.
In the USA a person can comment on the politics and policy of illegal immigration.
People in the USA can link to news about the results of illegal immigration in their local communities.
About the costs, funding and political groups supporting illegal immigration.
People in the USA can also draw cartoons about religion and faith. They even have the freedom to create animations with music about religions, religions leaders and what people do in the name of their faith.
In the USA people can comment on Communist party policy, its leaders and history.
Thats why different people all over the world like, support and enjoy the freedoms the USA offers and protects.
In the USA people are creative, smart, productive, they have the imagination and the freedom to talk, to read books, to review books, create, study and publish.
In other parts of the world SJW and police watch accounts and report people for their comments.
Nations are free to police and enforce blasphemy laws and protect the Communist leadership in their own nations but trying to project that onto the rest of the world? Or trying to alter network use outside their own nation?
If nations in Europe have an issue with a site or online product then ban it for all people in that nation.
Watch over every user trying to connect to that banned site and log their ip. If they try to connect too often after an official online warning, send some official to their home to conduct a formal interview.
No problems, no questions, instant results and no more news about conditions in that EU nation been talked about online.
No news, no links to the media out side that EU nation. No comments about local conditions, about local politics.
The rest of the world can get on with been free and enjoying freedom.
The EU can revert back to questions of faith and interviewing people who say bad things about Communist party policy.
US products and services that support freedom of speech will grow, other nations government approved sites will be used by government workers.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
> of intolerance. That is something the Democrats get that the Republicans never will because the Republicans oppress freedom of speech by allowing speech they shouldn't allow.
You have that exactly backwards.
It's liberals that throw hissy fits, riot, and claim it's fine to punch anyone they don't approve of. Your notion of liberalism and Democrats is at least 20 years out of date if not more.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
You don't know white terrorism bitch-faggot ... think on WW2 & Dresden. Then think on armed white yeomanry always behind you. Got the feeling Trotsky slut ?
Good job Britian getting out of this mess.
Liberals, Democrats, Republicans... blah blah blah.... Sounds like the brainwashing sideshow really has you fucked up. Censorship aint a partisan issue, and no amount of finger-pointing will make it so. It's not them, and it's not you, and it's not me, it's us.
You are being ripped off every second of every day, so that advertisers can help rip you off even more tomorrow.
yay!
I'm what you'd call left-wing, from Europe - but what I see is that anything anyone merely disagrees with is hate speech. This is madness. It has to stop.
Americans have free speech in the US but, shockingly, US laws are not universal... the instant you set foot to another country you better realise a completely different set of protections (or lack of them) applies.
Simple solution...
If you don't like what's being said in the U.S., don't connect to our servers and download it.
Problem solved.
I think China has some technology you can license, if you need help with this.
Coward indeed.
"Old man yells at systemd"
Because "hate speech" clearly is the worst problem the world is facing right now.
How about we focus on the truth value of information instead of the subjective, emotional aspects? Now that would be something new. Who knows, we might end up with something worth the name "journalism" again.
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
I, for one, live in mortal fear of unpopular opinions. Moar censorship now!!!1!
Very imaginative theory - good work! But how does this relate to the queen of England being a reptile? I can see the extraterrestrial angle to your story. But how does Elvis get involved?
Excellent idea! Block the sitting President and watch what little remains of Twitter's relevancy evaporate overnight.
Really, besides Emperor Trump, who still actually users Twitter? I don't know anyone who will admit to it.
Isn't it fascinating how a "private company" can hemorrhage money for a decade and yet somehow, miraculously still remain a going concern? Almost like they were being propped up for some decidedly non-commercial reason.
Don't live in Europe, don't worry about Europe. Worry the I am going to trying to help some muslin on the bus, and some fracker is going to kill me for it. Have had a lot of Christians in my life almost come to blows because I demanded they respect other people.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
Check the article please. It isn't Twitter who sets these rules (which would be OK, as it's their company). It is political bodies like EU who abuse their power to make companies like Twitter push their agenda. EU gets to decide what is hate speech. And that could be anything that goes against the interest of EU (the organisation, not the people..)
To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
They just want to stop people from talking about it, or accusing terrorist migrants of the rapes they commit, or other crimes. Before the terrorist scourge invaded Europe "rape gang", "no go zone", and "bombing" where things that you wouldn't even consider happening. Now? Apparently it's "unavoidable"
No it does not, it counts as a bloody stupid joke. Contrary to what people (probably anerican) seem to think hate speech is not defined as "what politician do not like" , in fact there are quite a few protection to ensure this is not used to squash normal non hate speech. Secondely the EU cj does not define hate speech, individual countries do, this may be difficult to understand to american but this is not like your federal system. The eu only define the action that may taken and how to ensure speech protection but does not define hate speech, this is up to each individual state, but if they did include "not liking your president" they would be squashed by the eu court on ground of human right - fredom of expression. No 2 state has then same hate speech definition, but most can be summarized as "call to violence , murder, or genocide against an ethnnic group, nationality or sub group if people" e.g. "kill all turban head" is hate speech, "decapitate trump" is not, it is just blody stupid.
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Ira, basque liberation, corse liberation, Red army fraction.... most terrorism in europe was not islamist. In fact most terrorism in the usa (and possibly eu) is actually local born and non muslim, think ehite supremacist and ALF, look it up on fbi page for the us, it is just that media rarely report most of it.
C. Sagan : A demon haunted world:
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visit randi.org
there is no such thing as illegal speech.
Dude, what you call "leftists" are center-right. What i call leftists is black flag anarchists, anarcho-communists etc. So until these "antifascist".. people start actively sabotaging the capitalist society and its productive and reproductive machinery, they don't really mean it. And i'd be suspicious of their motives, if they're quoting Marx, and not Bakunin or Kropotkin or Makhno while doing it!
I might even go as far as saying that the so called anti-fascists have no political position of their own, their position is defined by those whom they oppose. Imo it's more of a politically flavoured football hooligan thing.
On the other hand, IF they honestly do what they think is the right thing to do, they shouldn't be condemned, no matter how irrelevant their misguided efforts are.
"as Europe becomes a fascist state where only some opinions are permitted" Umm, do you even know what a discource is? In any society, there are things outside the commonly accepted norms, that "we" don't talk about in polite company. And as for corporate fascism... europe had it for a long long time, i think they actually invented it. It works regardless of state ideology, or state's existence. Parallels to tribalism are striking, if you compare the two, side by side.
and we must ignore the white supremacist that killed 2 people in the last week or so for trying to stop racial abuse
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
...then it's *your* speech.
There's clearly a need to decentralize these kind of services (social platforms in this case) to make them censorship resistant and privacy-preserving.
What are the efforts being worked on?
Probably was a Muslim. Also probably a British citizen, born here, raised here.
Some people will scream for immigration controls, despite that. Some people will demand deportation, even though it's not possible. Some have already demanded internment camps, even a second Holocaust.
I'm not gonna let act of that shit happen, because I care about freedom in the UK.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
This is a site by Americans, for Americans. Whatever 2nd-world ex-soviet shithole you're from, stay there. Which you will, since we won't give you a visa. Enjoy your shitty life.
Lol....says the wage slave peasant eeking out an existence on $10/hr.
Don't lose your job boy, and don't get sick.
I'm not gonna let act of that shit happen, because I care about freedom in the UK.
So what would be your plan to stop them ? Appease them, and hope they kill you last ?
Yep. Sure. Just like it was also probably a muslim last time, and the time before, and before, and before, and before. So how many more raped pre-teen and teen girls, pre-teen and teen girls forced into sexual slavery, religious imams trying to take over schools, boys being taught women and girls are subhuman/less worth than a man, taught to kill the unbelievers, that the UK *is* actually the problem, bombings, people mowed down, the gays being openly assaulted for being gay by muslims, women being assaulted because they dare to show ankle -- all in the UK is it going to take before you change your opinion?
When you're on your knees begging or before? Or do you think that people will simply have enough and start killing muslims in the street? I have a feeling it'll be the latter first, simply because it's already happened.
The guy that supported Bernie Sanders?
Go back to your safe space, wounded snowflake.
There is no "speech they shouldn't allow" if we're adhering to the principles of free speech. It's a pretty simple concept.
You mean the guy who was assaulted just because he was speaking?
Correct, some SJW did not like what he said to some mudslimes and got physical. Got stabbed for it.
Thank you sir. You win the internets for today.
They call out politicians for criticizing broad groups like Mulslims, not for criticizing policies. Stop being delusional. Racism on Twitter is a problem, as well as on /. and almost every Internet community.
AmiMoJo calls himself half eastern-asian on slashdot where elsewhere he claims to be Pakistani.
His angle is that anything that will hamper terrorists might affect him negatively as well. This is also why he is an adamant defender of immigration and diversity. To be anything else would be against his interests.
Now that you know his bias, the rest of the puzzle pieces fall into place.
This is a point that a lot of US companies seem to have forgotten in their rush to open European subsidiaries in order to avoid paying appropriate US taxes. By dodging US taxes, they have opened themselves up to regulation by EU politicians -who see them as foreign companies (and thus deserving of punitive action whenever possible.)
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Make a choice: Do you want to be a US company and be free of these stifling regulations, but pay US tax rates OR be a European company with lower tax rates, but operate under SJW policies.
Trying to operate as a hybrid will eventually lead to paying more taxes (and fines) while having to follow everyone's rules -even when they directly contradict one another.
The EU hates freedom of speech. Got it.
So what would be your plan to stop them ? Appease them, and hope they kill you last ?
Well, that worked with Hitler...
Holy shit, this garbage gets modded +4 insightful? I know Slashdot is pretty low quality, but come on.
Guess I'd better set my expectations even lower.