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TIL my friend in Turkey got his account locked for a meme about a cartoon character
He sent me a screenshot last week of a meme he made, just a picture of a popular cartoon with a funny caption about a real life event. It got flagged and his account was locked for 3 days. He said the platform's bot thought it was about politics, which it wasn't at all. It made me realize how automated systems can't understand context and just ban anything that trips a filter. That's a scary way to handle free speech worldwide. Has anyone else had a meme banned just because an algorithm got it wrong?
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henry5976mo ago
Free speech isn't free from all rules though.
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cole_davis476mo ago
Oh man, tell me about it. My own mouth proves that point daily with all the dumb stuff I say. It's like there's a tiny rule that says "don't embarrass yourself," and my brain just deletes it before hitting post. Seriously though, you're right. The classic example is you can't yell fire in a crowded place for no reason. The rules are mostly about stopping real harm, not just about shutting down opinions people don't like. The line is sometimes fuzzy, but having no line at all would be pure chaos.
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martinez.anna5mo ago
Oh, that's a good point. But where exactly do you draw that line between causing real harm and just making people uncomfortable? Seems like that's where all the fighting starts.
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