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Microsoft to Ban 'Offensive Language' From Skype, Xbox, Office and Other Services

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 28 2018, @09:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-are-listening dept.

canopic jug writes:

Microsoft, which purchased Skype in 2011, will soon increase its monitoring of Skype and other services. Starting May 1st they will further examine ostensibly private communicatiosn for 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' for the purpose of blocking. The changes are rolled out as part of a new terms of service advisory for the company's many services.

Microsoft will ban 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services on May 1, claiming it has the right to go through your private data to 'investigate.'

From IDG's CSO : Microsoft to ban 'offensive language' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:21AM (#659860)

    To many people (like those who live in some authoritarian countries), spying on people and not respecting their freedom IS ethical, because in their view these things are needed to maintain a stable society and strong government. To other people, digital restrictions management IS ethical, because it supposedly helps content creators get better compensated for their work.

    Yes, to authoritarians, that sort of behavior is alright. But I think of the term "authoritarian" as an insult of the highest caliber to begin with, meaning that such people are mere trash to me. Clearly, that's just my opinion and many other members of this wretched species disagree.

    Other than that, you're really just pointing out that different opinions exist, which is quite obvious. I will fight to have my views implemented.

    I will say, however, that DRM and spying have consequences that demonstrably exist and have nothing to do with someone's opinion. All someone can do is say that they don't care about those consequences, but if they deny they exist, then they are just wrong.

    Absolutely. But freedom-respecting alternatives do exist

    And how do these alternatives stop someone from uploading a picture of me without my permission and tagging my name, thus allowing Facebook to add more facial recognition data to their database? It doesn't. Real privacy laws are needed to stop that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:15PM (#660111)

    What stops someone from posting a picture of you on a bulletin board worth your name?