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YouTube’s Content Moderation System Is Wiping Out Evidence Of War Crimes In Syria, Say Advocates

MEDIA Posted: October 25, 2019 6:05 am

Yes, it’s a tricky issue: the video platform, along with Facebook, is facing pressure from many sides to remove violent and extremist content; review and removal by humans is slow (and traumatizing for those doing the work), but algorithms are a blunt instrument. In a Video Op-Ed, Syrian activist and archivist Hadi Al Khatib argues that those algorithms are erasing documentation of violence that will be important to history and, potentially, to pursuing justice. – The New York Times

MEDIA Published: 10.23.19

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