Sunday, January 05, 2020

UK academics set to launch 'virus' software for online ‘hate speech’ in time for 2020 election

UK academics set to launch 'virus' software for online ‘hate speech’ in time for 2020 election
"Researchers at the University of Cambridge have proposed a software program that treats online “hate speech” like a computer virus.
Users would be presented with a warning and a “Hate O’Meter” rating before deciding whether or not to view content that may be regarded as “hate speech."
...Thanks to researchers at the University of Cambridge, the largest social media companies in the world may soon have the ability to preemptively quarantine content classified by an algorithm as “hate speech".”..."
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