r/technology • u/marketrent • 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/Papaofmonsters 29d ago

Nintendo would need to demonstrate the brand was actually damaged. You can't just claim hypothetical damages.

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u/warenb 29d ago

Nintendo would need to demonstrate the brand was actually damaged.

That doesn't stop Nintendo from just going after regular streamers, content creators, and loads of other things that are just ridiculous. It doesn't take but a few keywords on your preferred search engine to figure out the details.

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u/Papaofmonsters 29d ago

Copyright litigation is far different from "reddit censoring the name of one of our characters is actionable as damaging our brand value".

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u/warenb 29d ago

Yeah, we know better...The point being Nintendo doesn't care about what makes sense when going after others...they do it anyways.