The Alt-Wing Trolls Are Beginning To Use A New Coded Lexicon For Racial Slurs Online.
If it can be man made, it can be man broken as the old saying goes. So no censor can be absolute - just look at some of the flagging problems we have here on Steemit.
But this Summer a new coded lexicon has appeared on Twitter from these alt-wing groups (ultra right wing groups). They are famous for using the triple parentheses earlier in the Summer to denote someone of Jewish origin e.g. [[[ @mindhunter ]]] - Yes, I do indeed have some Jewish roots (by blood) myself - my grandmother was Jewish. But, because the Twitter algorithm views these parentheses as harmless, the alt-wing groups can communicate their hatred online freely.
Another systematic abuse is the use of everyday words: googles, yahoos and skypes all mean something derogatory. I recently read one that said "Gas the googles, chain the yahoos." - in this instance googles meant the n-word and yahoos meant spics. Skittles is also a new code-word for Muslims since the Donald Trump refugee incident.
Trolls are becoming even better at defeating the Google algorithms that search for hate, and perhaps even Steemit has its own version too - though I am unsure of this??
Only machine learning from Google can help eliminate this use of this wording - by knowing which context the word is being used in. Was the word I used in the last sentence a google or Google??
Until then, this new lexicon will change and mutate, so beware, there be trolls out there!
I'm appalled by the ignorance, hate and sheer stupidity demonstrated by these folks - supremacists, racialists, or whatever they like to call themselves.
But I'm very, very happy to see speech being able to free itself from chains. The ability to get messages across despite surveillance allows us oppose tyranny. I don't think smart algorithms will win this fight, but if they do, we all lose.
Even the opinions we detest should be spoken openly so they can get criticized openly. Any voice can be muffled if one voice can be.
The best cure for a bad idea is exposure.
Another gem in a nutshell there!
Excellent comment. Just like the old saying on Steemit - I might not like what you say, but I will defend your right to say it :)
I'd heard of Skittles, but none of the rest.
Welcome to the education. [[[ @mindhunter ]]]
@mindhunter - Ahhhh....I'm free!
P.S. TO THE ARTICLE: Google machine learning is smart, but not intelligent (yet!)
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/google-machine-learning-is-smart-but-not-intelligent-yet/
That is one BIG challenge for the Steemit devs there!
Machine learning would replace bots and flagging.
Agreed, but this is a long way off yet, even for Google!
(a machine learning AI neural network that can analyse a full sentence and the context the word appears within.)
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An excellent addition to the article.
(Thank you.)