r/technology 29d ago

Social Media Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent — even in a Nintendo context

https://www.theverge.com/news/626139/reddit-luigi-mangione-automod-tool
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u/swebo24 29d ago edited 29d ago

Reddit is also monitoring upvotes now and you will be warned if you upvote the wrong content. I'm surprised that's not an even bigger news.

Who knows what information gets forwarded to authorities  becauee you think or feel different from the allowed narrative 🤷‍♂️

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https://www.reddit.com/r/popculture/comments/1j5jngg/rpopculture_is_closed/

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u/Eastern-Protection83 29d ago

It was always monitored. Its now being actioned upon

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u/vriska1 29d ago

Do we know how many are affected?