Current Events > Twitter shuts off search autocomplete after it starts recommending torture vids

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MrToothHasYou
05/12/23 5:06:51 PM
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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cat-dog-torture-videos-litter-twitter-adding-concerns-moderation-rcna84190

Basically if you typed cat or dog into the search bar it would bring up suggested searches that showed animal torture videos (cat in a blender etc.) which its supposed to be able to avoid doing.

Autocomplete suggestions in search bars are a common feature on many social media platforms, and they can often surface disturbing content. The terms for dog and cat autocompleted viral animal cruelty videos in Twitters search box Thursday, when NBC News contacted the company for comment. Twitters press account automatically responded with a poop emoji, the companys standard response for the last month.

As of Friday afternoon, Twitter appeared to have turned off its autocomplete suggestions in its search bar.

Seems like things are going great over at Twitter dot com

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NeonTentacles
05/12/23 5:08:01 PM
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I didn't need to know cat in a blender videos exist.

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https://imgur.com/aMaI3hj https://imgur.com/7PsdJNc
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Nemu
05/12/23 5:14:06 PM
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Why are animal torture videos up long enough to have recommendations on Twitter in the first place?
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Tmaster148
05/12/23 5:18:46 PM
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Nemu posted...
Why are animal torture videos up long enough to have recommendations on Twitter in the first place?

Twitter fired their content moderators

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__starsnostars
05/12/23 5:30:39 PM
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Why are animal torture videos allowed on Twitter in the first place?

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MrToothHasYou
05/12/23 5:36:16 PM
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Nemu posted...
Why are animal torture videos up long enough to have recommendations on Twitter in the first place?

__starsnostars posted...
Why are animal torture videos allowed on Twitter in the first place?
Well you see when you fire almost your entire content moderation staff in the name of free speech it leaves some, shall we say, gaps in the armor with regards to your ability to keep that sort of stuff off your website.

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R1masher
05/12/23 5:39:51 PM
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Arent these content creators identifiable?

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