In her column last week, Jessica Valenti wrote, "If Twitter, Facebook or Google wanted to stop their users from receiving online harassment, they could do it tomorrow." She’s technically right that they could stop harassment with 100% effectiveness, in that if you cease to receive all communications you cease to receive harassment. The question is, is it possible for blunt algorithmic instruments to be effective without being too broad?
Valenti refers specifically to YouTube’s "sophisticated Content ID program":
For instance, YouTube already runs a sophisticated Content ID program dedicated to scanning uploaded videos for copyrighted material and taking them down quickly – just try to bootleg music videos or watch unofficial...
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