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Google deleting mentions of Wumao within seconds (mobile.twitter.com)
19 points by your-nanny 2217 days ago
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dang 2216 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324695

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23317570

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223219 (1200+ comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23221264

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jonnycomputer 2216 days ago
For reference, Wumao is the 50 Cent Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

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efoto 2216 days ago
Sounds like a misconfigured filter or a mistrained AI. Garbage in – garbage out.
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RileyJames 2216 days ago
Really? Why does it appear to be consistently happening in China/HK rather than New Zealand, Germany, Malaysia, etc?

Why is it sensitive words vs random words?

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your-nanny 2216 days ago
I'm inclined to agree... but to play devil's advocate, it's the sensitive ones we remember and talk about.
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