Instagram Reenables GIF Sharing After GIPHY Promises No More Racism (techcrunch.com)

Earlier this month, Instagram and Snapchat dropped their GIPHY integrations when a racial slur slipped into the company's online database. Now Instagram is bringing GIPHY Integration back after GIPHY confirmed it's reviewed its GIF library four times and will preemptively review any new GIFs it adds. Snapchat has yet to bring the service back. TechCrunch reports: "We've been in close contact with GIPHY throughout this process and we're confident that they have put measures in place to ensure that Instagram users have a good experience," an Instagram spokesperson told TechCrunch. GIPHY told TechCrunch in a statement: "To anyone who was affected: we're sorry. We take full responsibility for this recent event and under no circumstances does GIPHY condone or support this kind of content. We have also finished a full investigation into our content moderations systems and processes and have made specific changes to our process to ensure something like this does not happen again." The racial slur was spotted by a user in the UK around March 8th. "We've shared a censored version of the image below, but warning, it still includes graphic content that may be offensive to some users," reports TechCrunch.

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Walled gardens

[lgw]

There really seems to be a market for these walled gardens. I don't get it, but then I browse Slashdot at -1. I guess enough people prefer bland innocuous pap to freedom. Well, that's people for you.

Re:Walled gardens

[haemish]

No, "real men" have better things to do with their lives than wade through drivel. I browse at +2

Re:Walled gardens

[RoccamOccam]

Do you really believe that?

Re: Walled gardens

[BKX]

Real, manly, neckbearded men browse at -1, although we recognize that the higher pointed posts are usually better. We don't have any problems with seeing absolute drivel and garbage in the hope of finding gold that goes against the grain. It happens all the time. If you want a walled garden approach, I say, "Grow up and grow a pair."

Besides, on this site, there aren't enough posts, generally, to need to cull the shit.

1984 isn't meant to be a how to guide

[Q-Hack!]

The concept of thought police, scares me more than anonymous racism.

Re:1984 isn't meant to be a how to guide

[Q-Hack!]

No, I think I understand it too well. The fact that you can't see the parallels in society today, is quite telling though.

Overly Sensitive Much?

[Templer421]

Grow up and toughen up a bit Millennials.

The Universe IS trying to kill you everyday, plan accordingly.

Re:Overly Sensitive Much?

[Dutch Gun]

No one is saying life isn't difficult for most people in various ways, regardless of sex, age, ethnicity / skin color, etc. But maybe it's not a bad thing to do what we collectively can to make it a little less unpleasant where the opportunity presents itself. Yes, the Universe eventually kills us all. That's why we should try to make the most of our brief existence, bringing joy, happiness, and hope to both ourselves AND others, rather than trying to tear others down.

I see nothing wrong with a private platform deciding that they don't want to spread hateful messages. That being said, I'd probably oppose the government demanding the same actions of a private entity on 1st amendment grounds.

Re:Overly Sensitive Much?

[gl4ss]

look, that's all fine and dandy, but the intent in which it is posted is what matters more than it being a picture of some dude in a KKK outfit dancing with a frog.

the fault is at the older generations that watched goatse and laughed their asses off thinking that they shouldn't be showing that stuff to millienials. also some millenials want that.

it's the normies really, they can't be bothered with thinking for themselves - they can't be bothered to look up and make the decision of if the person who posted something just funnying around or genuinely racist - and if they are genuinely racist, they don't want to know it! they don't want to know if people they interact with are horrible persons. it's the intellectual equivalent of the church turning a blind eye on molestation and just banning discussion about it within the church instead of doing something to it.

that's also why millenials grow up to be racist, sjw or otherwise intolerant, because they're not exposed to the shit. their shit radars haven't developed, so they think that they and others need protection from what they think is shit - but that just leads them to having dysfunctional shit radars.

you can't make a joke with a frog? could you re-enact a monty python sketch making fun of hitler and post it? I seriously doubt that.

and how the fuck am I supposed to laugh at neonazis, antifa and flat earthers if they wouldn't be able to post their shit? it's not like them posting their shit stops them from being idiots - stopping them from posting it further enforces their idea in their head that them being what they are matters. like, average person doesn't give a fuck of either side in a neonazi vs. antifa fight rally - what they see is two groups who get together biannually or annually to fight just for sake of fighting, those two shit groups NEED each other and they just coss a toin to choose in which so called ideology they belong in. you try to suppress it then it just makes them feel special.

seriously average person wouldn't even be able to tell which side is the nazis in a normal fight-rally. they're both there just to fight. same with football hooligans, it's not like they care about who won the match - the match isn't the point, the rush for doing "something for the cause" is, removing their posts is equivalent to the police detaining them at a fight rally: it is the end goal of the whole meetup.

shadilay! FREEDOM!

gnaa also isn't racist. or sexis. or homophobic. it's just gnaa.

Instagram And Snapchat Were So Wholesome Before...

[dryriver]

My soul is now broken beyond repair...

Re:The ban itself is racist

[Anonymous Coward]

Funny how you ignore the blurred out N*****. You're feigned ignorance comes off as kinda racist. Or maybe it's just real ignorance in which case, hey this is a learning experience for you and now you know. So next time give it a rest.

That's what qualifies as offensive nowdays?

[Snotnose]

Had I grown up in these times I would have never graduated high school, unless the prison I was sent to had high school classes.

Re:That's what qualifies as offensive nowdays?

[thinkwaitfast]

November 14, 1982. Proof that time travel is real