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EFF Warns Automated Moderation Has Become Permanent

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from EFF ·

Six years after urging temporary, transparent AI moderation, EFF says platforms have made it permanent. Automation now flags most content before human review, with Meta reporting 99% of extremist content removed by AI. The shift, accelerated by the pandemic, has reduced transparency and free expression online.

Meridian48 take
EFF's retrospective is a useful reminder that crisis-era tech policies often become permanent, but the piece lacks new data on how this affects users today.
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