r/technology • u/marketrent • Mar 08 '25

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 Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

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/Suspicious_Radio_848 Mar 08 '25

I don’t think it’s a coincidence American companies like Reddit are doing stuff like this the more authoritarian Trump becomes. The same week that Canada and other countries have retaliated against their threats and communities are largely supportive of the actions. It’s to suppress dissent, no different than what you’d expect out of China.