Google deleting mentions of Wumao within seconds

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19 points by your-nanny 6 years ago · 5 comments

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dang 6 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324695

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23317570

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223219 (1200+ comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23221264

jonnycomputer 6 years ago

For reference, Wumao is the 50 Cent Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

efoto 6 years ago

Sounds like a misconfigured filter or a mistrained AI. Garbage in – garbage out.

RileyJames 6 years ago

Really? Why does it appear to be consistently happening in China/HK rather than New Zealand, Germany, Malaysia, etc?
Why is it sensitive words vs random words?
- your-nannyOP 6 years ago
  
  I'm inclined to agree... but to play devil's advocate, it's the sensitive ones we remember and talk about.