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2014-08-26 -Land of the Free

Federal grant funds plan to detect "misinformation," "hate speech" on Twitter

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-26 01:04|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 First they come for them, then they come for you...

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-08-26 01:09|| 2014-08-26 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 So after it detects only Democrats, what will they do?

Posted by Silentbrick 2014-08-26 01:13|| 2014-08-26 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Tell me again about USA plans to spread freedom & democracy around the world.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-26 03:03|| 2014-08-26 03:03|| Front Page Top

#4 And tolerance.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-26 03:10|| 2014-08-26 03:10|| Front Page Top

#5 In australia they already come for you

Posted by Anon1 2014-08-26 05:00|| 2014-08-26 05:00|| Front Page Top

#6 I heard someone say yesterday "only twits twitter." I'll let you decide.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-26 05:43|| 2014-08-26 05:43|| Front Page Top

#7 They can test the software on the presidents TelePrompTer.

Posted by Airandee 2014-08-26 06:43|| 2014-08-26 06:43|| Front Page Top

#8 "misinformation"

There goes the Hashtag foreign policy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-08-26 08:41|| 2014-08-26 08:41|| Front Page Top

#9 This was inevitable once "hate crimes" became a thing back in the 90's. Hate becomes the crime. Hate is speech. Ergo, speech is now a crime.

Of course, that would have been the plan all along.

Posted by Iblis 2014-08-26 09:43|| 2014-08-26 09:43|| Front Page Top

#10 I can tell them what I like, dislike and what truly pisses me off. They don't have to be out-of-the-closet voyeurs about all this.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-26 09:52|| 2014-08-26 09:52|| Front Page Top

#11 No.

Posted by newc 2014-08-26 15:51|| 2014-08-26 15:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Interestingly the highest Twitter use is in the African American community.

Posted by regular joe 2014-08-26 16:42|| 2014-08-26 16:42|| Front Page Top

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