YouTube deletes comments criticizing the Chinese government

YouTube has been accused of automatically deleting comments criticizing the Chinese government, explaining that apparent censorship is in fact a flaw in its automated surveillance systems.

Σχόλια στην πλατφόρμα του YouTube που χρησιμοποιούσαν κινεζικές φράσεις, όπως “共匪” ("κομμουνιστικός ληστής") ή “五毛” ("party of 50 cents") και που είναι δύο όροι που συνδέονται με τις κριτικές του Κινεζικού Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος, καταργήθηκαν σχεδόν αμέσως, ακόμη και αν αυτά τα σχόλια ήταν θετικά.

Ο τελευταίος όρος "五毛" refers to censorship efforts of China, particularly the idea that online commentators are being paid to derail it against the government.

Η of these phrases was pointed out on Tuesday by the American technologist and former founder of Oculus, Mr. Palmer Luke on Twitter. But there are also older reports on the issue, dating back to mid-May, when they were identified by human rights activist Jennifer Zeng.

According to a statement by aυ του YouTube, οι αυτόματες διαγραφές ήταν αποτέλεσμα «σφάλματος στα συστήματα επιβολής» που εξετάζει ήδη η εταιρεία. Στην εταιρεία θεωρούν ότι η κατάσταση είναι μια τυχαία παρενέργεια του συστήματος εποπτείας σχολίων της πλατφόρμας, το οποίο έχει σχεδιαστεί για να φιλτράρει τη ρητορική μίσους, την παρενόχληση και τα ανεπιθύμητα . The company did not offer further information on how the terms were flagged by its automated systems.

With the vast majority of its workforce out of the office, the big tech platforms have relied more on artificial intelligence control methods in recent months, even when they recognized that less human oversight would likely lead to mistakes.

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