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When workplace algorithms chill political speech

My employer's new workplace chat platform flags certain political keywords and I've started self-censoring conversations about basic civic issues.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Automated content moderation is creating new forms of political self-censorship that extend corporate control over democratic discourse.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Algorithmic politics?”

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