meganiwish Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kim+phuc&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijid3RoobPAhXKXSwKHcPHCF8Q_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=608#imgrc=GHt2YXQpv6CkkM%3A Because when you see that image the first thing that goes through your mind is, 'Strewth, there's a girl with no clothes on!' What else might be an affront to Zuckerman? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=donald+duck&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY7tj-o4bPAhVEOBQKHdR7C0cQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=608#imgrc=q3rzvfOxNnucDM%3A Strewth, there's a duck there with no strides on! Without getting political or offensive, show me some pictures that might offend Mark Zuckerman
Shyheels Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 Nearly any painting or sculpture from the Renaissance
Shyheels Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 In the news today was a story about the death of Greta Friedman, aged 92, who in her youth was the young lady who was grabbed and kissed on Times Square in New York City by a jubilant sailor who was overjoyed to hear that Japan had surrendered and WWII was over. The iconic photo of the spontaneous kiss, by Alfred Eistenstaedt, would undoubtedly fall foul of Facebooks prurient and relentlessly PC editors on the grounds that it is a photograph of a sexual assault.
meganiwish Posted September 12, 2016 Author Posted September 12, 2016 Quite so. You should have shown us the image https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/11/woman-kissed-by-sailor-in-famous-v-j-day-photo-dies-aged-92 Some of our younger contributors might be unaware.
Chorlini Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 I guess this is what you get when you tell a computer to censor stuff. They tend to be very literal things. Maybe a reason not to look forward to to rule by machines?
Shyheels Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 Yes, but it was actual people doing the banning here, not an algorithm
meganiwish Posted September 16, 2016 Author Posted September 16, 2016 Indeed. Initially I thought the same as Chorlini, but then realised otherwise. It's important because the upshot is that Mark Zuckerman is the most powerful editor in the world. That worries me more than censorship by machine.
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