March 22, 2024
Meet the AI-Censored? Naked Capitalism
Google provides an early, scary test case for mechanized suppression by threatening a popular economics site with demonetization
Matt Taibbi
The future of AI-powered censorship is here, and the early returns are as error-filled and clumsily destructive as Google’s infamous Gemini rollout.
On March 4th, Yves Smith — nom de plume for the editor of Naked Capitalism, a popular site containing economics commentary and journalism — received an ominous letter from its ad service company:
Hope you are doing well!
We noticed that Google has flagged your site for Policy violation and
ad serving is restricted on most of the pages with the below strikes…
The letter went on to list four data fields: VIOLENT_EXTREMI
"So this is a threat of complete demonetization,
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