http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/6/12811680/isis-propaganda-algorithm-facebook-twitter-google
New cyberpunk board: https://www.nextchan.org/cyber
"The algorithm, called eGLYPH, was announced in June by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a New York-based nonprofit organization that tracks extremist groups. eGLYPH uses so-called “hashing” technology to assign a unique fingerprint to images, videos, and audio that have already been flagged as extremist, and automatically removes any versions that have been uploaded to a social network. It will also automatically delete other versions as soon as users attempt to upload them."
I just want to remind you of the Streisand effect. This "effect" explain that internet is such fast that if anyone would want to censor anything on it; the information would in fact spread and render ineffective the censorship. In clear: on the internet, you can't apply direct censorship. But this eGLYPH algorithm could be a game changer.
Do you think that this new system could break the Streisand effect? I think that it's still impossible to censor directly across the whole internet, but in fact, do you need to censor everything? I mean that maybe social media websites are enough to hide an information to the 99% of people, excluding little community like tech board, torrent, tor hidden service, usenet etc… With a mix of a deceptive army of agent whose goal is to turn topics down; and a mainstream direct censorship, you could in fact have good chance to break the streisand effect.
The second very weird thing, is the presence of NGO. Organization that comes from nowhere achieving important task. There are two quoted by the article:
- National Office on Reporting Extremism; which is an extremist banlist for social media
- Counter Extremism Project; which is the NGO responsible for the censorship project
Just look at all this totally independent and government unrelated people: http://www.counterextremism.com/leadership
And for the idiot who's gonna said "it's just for middle-east totally independent auto-founded auto-funded terrorists":
"Far-right extremism has become a growing concern, as well. Germany has pressured Facebook and other companies to more swiftly remove xenophobic content and other material targeting refugees; and a study published last week by George Washington University’s Program on Extremism found that neo-Nazis and American white nationalist groups continue to thrive on Twitter, even as ISIS’ influence has waned on the social network."
Extremism = No agreeing with government
Period. End of story.