Posted by fight or flight at 5:12 AM on Aug Time to invest in an analogue camera again. The internet will become a sterile, government-controlled, authority-mandated space all the way down to the photos you're allowed to store on your phone. I keep wondering when we'll get to the point of being sick enough of all of this to stop it, but it's starting to feel like that won't happen. Just in the last few weeks I've seen this happen to friends, artists (particularly queer photographers) and companies supplying packer products to trans men (because the algorithm can't be told not to flag something that looks like a dildo). Upload an image, no matter what it is, that pings the anti-sex/anti-nudity algorithm to Facebook or Instagram and you'll be flagged or see your account shadowbanned or outright banned. You can already see echoes of this started by FOSTA/SESTA across all the big social media platforms. I have to say I think the questions about how this will be implemented to cut down on other "unsavoury" privately stored (but not privately owned, as discussed above) content are valid ones. Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding how this works, but what's to stop this automation from flagging, say, photos parents have taken of their children swimming or in the bath, or just in a general state of undress (which often happens with small kids)?
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