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Algospeak. I love it.

Here's a "fun" example of algospeak.

The Facebook censor-bot (which is a problem in and of itself. AI is not ready for these uses) flags any use of the word "Arab" or "Arabian" in anything resembling a negative context. The problem being that these are also a horse breed.

So if you say "My Arabian is lame" bang! Straight into Facebook jail with you.

Arabian owners, breeders and riders...and horse people in general now have to use a euphemism to refer to their animals. The one I like is "Spicy desert horse."

I would say that algorithms not recognizing context is the big problem here.

And dog breders have long had to learn that they can't talk about their prized bitch on social media...

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Jennifer R. Povey
Jennifer R. Povey

Written by Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.

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