Twitch Unleashes AI Tool To Spot Banned Users (bbc.com) 10
Twitch has launched a tool that uses machine learning to detect users trying to rejoin chat channels from which they have been banned for abusive behaviour. The gaming-focused livestreaming website said "bad actors" often created new accounts to continue to harass people. From a report: But the new system would warn streamers and chat moderators if a user was a "likely" or "possible" ban evader. It is part of Twitch's long-running efforts to reduce hate and harassment. The company has been criticised over "hate raids", in which unscrupulous streamers send their followers or even automated bots to other channels to harass someone. Often the victims belong to minority or marginalised groups. Creators had demanded the Amazon-owned company do more to counter this kind of hate speech. In September, Twitch announced "phone-verified chat", enabling streamers to require some or all users to verify a phone number before chatting. And the same month, it began legal action against unidentified users allegedly involved in "chat-based attacks against marginalised streamers."
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And Twitch displays a bright warning banner before the message (Suspicious user: possible ban evader detected); A lot of confidence they have in their newfangled AI. Oh well, At least they did not set it out with a slew of false positives randomly Terminating innoncent users like Youtube does once the spammers invoke countermeasures to look more normal, heh.
Quantity-first mentality (Score:1)
You must work for CNN, loser!
> Oh well, At least they did not set it out with a slew of false positives randomly Terminating innoncent [like YouTube did]
In all seriousness, YouTube activated a bot that automatically banned videos that looked like animal fighting competitions to the bot. Robot fighting videos ("Battlebots") suddenly were getting banned.
I can see the value of such bots for detection, but a human should review it first before actually banning. Current AI lacks common sense. The problem is t
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Explains the QR code I found on my wanker.
Free Speech and Anonymity (Score:2)
I'm sure there's going to be lots of people who whine that this is bad because of the need for dissidents, journalists and LGBTQ people to be anonymous and such, but let's be real?
Nobody on Twitch needs to be anonymous, not even the creators and/or hosts of the channel. It's Twitch, not a communications platform, like Telegram or Signal, or a social media platform like Twitter or Instagram. As for the free speech angle, the only people who ever complain about free speech are those who have no idea what it
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