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Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test by TAForObvReasons on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:37PM (#15664683)
The real question is: "Can an algorithm identify child-friendly content?" The answer is currently unknown. Families are basically the "beta testers" of the algorithms in question, but the downsides of that approach, like exposing kids to really disturbing content, are horrifying.
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Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test by dragonwriter on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:57PM (#15664857)
Child-friendly isn't even a well-defined objective category; different parents will disagree violently (sometimes, quite literally) over what is appropriate.
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Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test by alphonsegaston on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:44PM (#15664749)
Marketing your product as kid-friendly and then demonstrably exposing children to abusive content, through “algorithmic negligence” or otherwise, should incur serious penalty.

It never ceases to amaze that the kind of psychological engineering these companies engage in is outside the bounds of any established ethics, but somehow they escape unscathed because money.

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Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test by vlunkr on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:01PM (#15664901)
How about "Do we need algorithms to find child-friendly conent?"
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