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Question about the unintended consequences of hate speech algorithms on cultural content
Ngl, I've seen too many posts about indigenous history removed because bots flag certain terms without understanding nuance.
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logan_perez7mo ago
When bots flag indigenous terms, it's cultural erasure by algorithm.
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betty_wood57mo ago
Did you see that happen on the forum last week? A bot deleted a whole post because it had a Maori place name in it. It's the same problem, just wiping out language without any sense of what the words mean. It feels like these systems are built to only recognize the most common english words. So much gets lost because the code doesn't understand context. It's a lazy fix that ends up hiding entire cultures.
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leehunt7mo ago
What gets me is how this ties into bigger data gaps. Like logan_perrez said, it's erasure, but it's also about who gets to build these systems in the first place. If the teams making these bots don't include people from those cultures, the code will always be blind to their words. It's not just deleting posts, it's making whole languages invisible online over time. That silence in digital spaces can make it harder for younger generations to connect with their heritage.
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