Posted on 10/22/2022 10:09:26 PM PDT by DoodleBob
If you’ve seen people posting about “camping” on social media, there’s a chance they’re not talking about how to pitch a tent or which National Parks to visit. The term recently became “algospeak” for something entirely different: discussing abortion-related issues in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Social media users are increasingly using codewords, emojis and deliberate typos—so-called “algospeak”—to avoid detection by apps’ moderation AI when posting content that is sensitive or might break their rules. Siobhan Hanna, who oversees AI data solutions for Telus International, a Canadian company that has provided human and AI content moderation services to nearly every major social media platform including TikTok, said “camping” is just one phrase that has been adapted in this way. “There was concern that algorithms might pick up mentions” of abortion, Hanna said.
More than half of Americans say they’ve seen an uptick in algospeak as polarizing political, cultural or global events unfold...And almost a third of Americans on social media and gaming sites say they’ve “used emojis or alternative phrases to circumvent banned terms,” like those that are racist, sexual or related to self-harm, according to the data. Algospeak is most commonly being used to sidestep rules prohibiting hate speech, including harassment and bullying, Hanna said, followed by policies around violence and exploitation.
We’ve come a long way since “pr0n” and the eggplant emoji. These ever-evolving workarounds present a growing challenge for tech companies and the third-party contractors they hire to help them police content. While machine learning can spot overt violative material, like hate speech, it can be far harder for AI to read between the lines on euphemisms or phrases that to some seem innocuous, but in another context, have a more sinister meaning.
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To me, the fun part is when algorithms change text on the fly TO algo in an effort to evade algorithms. The best/worst one I’ve seen so far is “unalived” for “killed”, but there’s also the corn emoji for “porn” and “accountant” for “sex worker”. And that’s just gaming chats! lol
A prophesy youtuber I watch uses “charlie Victor o one niner” when he talks about you know what.
“…euphemisms or phrases that to some seem innocuous, but in another context, have a more sinister meaning.”
What does Brandon think about this?
If those you’re trying to insult aren’t in on the code they won’t know they’ve been insulted
I haven’t a clue. Context may make a difference
The eggplant emoji?
A day doesn’t go by I don’t see some new “code word” pop up on the ‘net.
99 times out of a hundred I have to look them up to see what they’re talking about, and it’s usually some woke crap.
These companies could also try not censoring and let people say and think what they want.
I don't.
Will the use of pig Latin work to throw off the social media monitors? Howa oda heyta hinkta heyta reaa?
Then it’s working. Covid-19.
Charlie Victor o one miner = covid 19
I had to look up the eggplant emoji.
It is ‘widely used to represent the penis’.
apparently you can’t say penis on tiktok.
I was the last guy on the planet to know what bling was, I will never learn these new code words.
Cheese Pizza apparently means Comet PingPong.
Oh you see it a lot with some of the YT peeps. AND they will blatantly inform their audience it is algo-speak.
They desperately do not want us communicating with each other. They do not want us knowing what is happening. Years ago they could just keep it out of the media, not they have to battle the social media/internet.
LOL...that’s an easy one.
But many of these influencers risk losing a nice side-hustle in social media if their channels get taken down.
Even religious types, like Pastors, are finding they have to speak in code at times during their homilies or services!
The censorship is oppressive.
My church has been removed from You Tube.
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