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Millions of images and videos are uploaded to the internet each day, yet we rarely see shocking and disturbing content in our social media feeds. Who's keeping the internet "clean" for us? In this eye-opening talk, documentarians Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck take us inside the shadowy world of online content moderators — the people contracted by major platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google to rid the internet of toxic material. Learn more about the psychological impact of this kind of work — and how "digital cleaning" influences what all of us see and think.
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The largest problem with a ‘clean’ internet is that it’s purely up to the cleansers to decide what’s allowed to be let through. On the surface, this is great. Then you have China as a shining example of why it’s _not_ great.
I don’t know what to think of this.
Because its scripted misdirection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdirection_(magic)
If you want to change how privacy on private property works then do so. Until then facebook, youtube, all private corporations are private property and they are no more bound to allow you to spout idiocy on their property than you are if they were on yours.
You obviously dont know the difference between a publisher and a platform. Dont embarrass youself with the “muh private company” BS.
Trust us; we’ll set your filters.
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We need to see what we have become. If it’s being deleted we cannot fix it and address it as a society.
millions of movies have kind of sick scenes.. look at the joker..made billion usd box-office. so what?
just dont look images ugly. and words, sentences, lyrics etc which have the same uglines?
save your eyes, ears.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty or Safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
Freedom of speech is a right that shouldn’t be taken away only for someone to ignore the truth, no matter how gruesome and rooted in evil it might be.
It is not security, it is slavery. Dangerous freedom vs peaceful slavery.
I’m sorry, but those images and video of the air strike does not need to be viewed by the masses. people who have access to that sort of stuff should be the same people that can do something about it. Why would Joe blow working his MacDonald’s job need to see an air strike happen in Syria?
All I hear is how to create a censorship ruled internet
The problem is much less keeping it “clean” and much more keeping it “legal.” Clean is a very subjective term that can lead to oppression. Something toxic or offensive to one person might be normal or entertaining to someone else. To take away a lifestyle from certain people just to fit yours better is a form of oppression. Staying within a communities guideline is acceptable so long as a terms and conditions was agreed to by the users. Laws should only be applied via the country the media is being fed to. Making things emotion based, subjective, will only cause a civil war online. Banning toxicity will only bring toxicity. Following the rules will be the right path to take.
Face palm. Define clean. It’s different for everyone. Now shut up and go home.
By clean you mean, censoring don’t you. Funny how regressive ideas are being passed of as progressive these days .
In my humble opinion it’s a simple answer & covered by 1st amendment. Users can set preferences. I don’t need to be “protected” and am tired of Big Brother’s growing power and almighty eyes.