Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom

Re:Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom by adolph on Monday July 12, 2021 @10:08AM (#27810427)

Toxic language online silences important voices. We’re exploring how machine learning can reduce toxicity online and create more space for healthy conversation.

Throughout this report we use the term “toxicity,” defined as rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable language that is likely to make someone leave a discussion. We specifically use the term toxicity, as opposed to words like “abuse” or “hate speech” for both practical and scientific reasons.

https://jigsaw.google.com/the-current/toxicity/

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Re:Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom by seriousquestion on Monday July 12, 2021 @10:29AM (#27810646)

> “toxicity,” defined as rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable language that is likely to make someone leave a discussion. We specifically use the term toxicity, as opposed to words like “abuse” or “hate speech” for both practical and scientific reasons.

Scientific reasons? There's nothing scientific about a term so undefined that every person can have their own custom definition.

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Re:Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom by justshowpost on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:48AM (#27818805)

While «hate speech» is merely a convenient alias for «free speech we don't like». That figures.

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