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posted by chromas on Tuesday May 01 2018, @11:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the consequences-will-never-be-the-same dept.

Instagram will filter out bullying comments

At the F8 conference today, it was announced that Instagram will filter out bullying comments from posts, starting today. This includes anything "intended to harass or upset people in our community," the platform's CEO said in a post. Doing this will ensure Instagram remains "an inclusive, supportive place for all voices," he wrote.

From our CEO kevin "Starting today, Instagram will filter bullying comments intended to harass or upset people in our community. To be clear: we don't tolerate bullying on Instagram. Our Community Guidelines have always prohibited bullying on our platform, and I'm proud to announce this next step in our ongoing commitment to keeping Instagram an inclusive, supportive place for all voices. We also believe in promoting kindness — encouraging our community to support one another both on and off Instagram. On Saturday we will host a Kindness Prom to celebrate people on our platform who are spreading positivity. These young leaders are inspiring their peers by helping kindness, acceptance and support grow on Instagram and in the world. Since Mike and I founded Instagram, it's been our goal to make it a safe place for self-expression and to foster kindness within the community. This update is just the next step in our mission to deliver on that promise."

The filter will be enabled automatically, but can be disabled. Regardless of a user's settings, the filter will be able to automatically flag comments for official review. Facebook's DeepText machine learning algorithm is used to review words for context and meaning.

Also at NYT and The Verge.


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @06:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @06:25PM (#674696)

    Plus the grandstanding method of posting hateful shit repeatedly to try and prove some sort of point about free speech? But then cries like an outraged baby when someone says "oh you must be a bigoted shithead then!" Such people only play into the hands of the real authoritarians but sadly they are too dumb to realize it.

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