* [COMMENT] - ShadowBan shoud be used to ban bad users, not became a tool to virtual criminal militias silence opponents;

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Ricardo d Alambert 2023-04-11 11:50:53 -03:00
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@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ object InteractionGraphNegativeJob extends ScioBeamJob[InteractionGraphNegativeO
opts: InteractionGraphNegativeOption
): Unit = {
/*There is clearly a PROBLEM with this aproach: ShadowBan is supposed to ban abusers from the plataform, but with
* this code, it can be used by malicious groups and virtual militias to produce a coordinated ATTACK to silence
* someone they don't like. There are several reports of this on Twitter, people who defend human rights or
* produce anti-racist content are being attacked by Follow -> unfollow or block / mute attacks, producing the
* unbalance needed to shadowBan someone.
*
* This is COMPLETELY AGAINST THE IDEIA OF FREE SPEECH. A group of criminals or virtual militias can now SILENCE
* someone they don't like, and this ends up being perceived by the user because it is now possible to see the
* view statistics from someone's tweets and replies.
*
* A lot of people are being unfairly silenced by malicious groups now, because that they have access to this code
* and now understands how it works and how to do it.*/
val endTs = opts.interval.getEndMillis
// read input datasets