In many Western "democratic" countries internet censorship is becoming the norm and people are getting punished for the wildest reasons. For example Tim Heldt a german youtuber was fined 16000 euros ($18k) because the police misheard the word „Qualität“ and thought he said "Sieg Heil" in the middle of a sentence and in a way it doesn't even make sense as it would have been something like "I'm trying to stream but the Sieg Heil is really bad".
This will surely embolden dictators everywhere if even the supposedly Free World is not that free anymore.
The second is that AI will greatly improve censorship as they are increasingly capable of detecting innuendo and other forms of covert speech and so are much more powerful than brute word filters. In the future it is likely that internet posts will not be published until they get approved by an AI censor.
I think it has to be something like that already, because too many people are being banned too fast for it to be manpower. There's no way they have the resources and money to pay someone to sit and watch every single streamer on that day, and yet even when a streamer said something that didn't trigger any censor words, "They gave us a bunch of really strict rules for today, and I have no idea why. What's even going on? Is this how it's gonna be going forward or is today special somehow?" And her livestream got immediately shut down in like 3 seconds.
Wow, fascinating to hear about the degree of censorship going on. I was definitely vaguely aware of it but definitely didn't grasp just how intense it was, and the sad fact that newer generations are actually starting to forget what it's even about. "Tianmen Square" jokes are so commonplace in the US that I forget that it's something the CCP is still trying (and seemingly succeeding) to entirely supress.
This is so interesting. I'm really glad you're posting and I'm learning a lot from your blog. Thank you.
Things will get even worse.
In many Western "democratic" countries internet censorship is becoming the norm and people are getting punished for the wildest reasons. For example Tim Heldt a german youtuber was fined 16000 euros ($18k) because the police misheard the word „Qualität“ and thought he said "Sieg Heil" in the middle of a sentence and in a way it doesn't even make sense as it would have been something like "I'm trying to stream but the Sieg Heil is really bad".
This will surely embolden dictators everywhere if even the supposedly Free World is not that free anymore.
The second is that AI will greatly improve censorship as they are increasingly capable of detecting innuendo and other forms of covert speech and so are much more powerful than brute word filters. In the future it is likely that internet posts will not be published until they get approved by an AI censor.
I think it has to be something like that already, because too many people are being banned too fast for it to be manpower. There's no way they have the resources and money to pay someone to sit and watch every single streamer on that day, and yet even when a streamer said something that didn't trigger any censor words, "They gave us a bunch of really strict rules for today, and I have no idea why. What's even going on? Is this how it's gonna be going forward or is today special somehow?" And her livestream got immediately shut down in like 3 seconds.
That's gotta be AI.
What was the answer on the exam, and why?
The answer was D, but I honestly have no idea how you're supposed to know.
Wow, fascinating to hear about the degree of censorship going on. I was definitely vaguely aware of it but definitely didn't grasp just how intense it was, and the sad fact that newer generations are actually starting to forget what it's even about. "Tianmen Square" jokes are so commonplace in the US that I forget that it's something the CCP is still trying (and seemingly succeeding) to entirely supress.
Glad yoy're feeling better!