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AI to erase abusive posts targeting athletes at Paris Olympics
OUR TAKE This move by the IOC will stabilise the athletes’ emotions and promote stable performance during the competition, and protect their personality rights. But does this also go against the idea of free speech? Using AI to moderate and censor social media feeds could be considered a form of dig…
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OUR TAKE This move by the IOC will stabilise the athletes’ emotions and promote stable performance during the competition, and protect their personality rights. But does this also go against the idea of free speech? Using AI to moderate and censor social media feeds could be…
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OUR TAKE This move by the IOC will stabilise the athletes’ emotions and promote stable performance during the competition, and protect their personality rights. But does this also go against the idea of free speech? Using AI to moderate and censor social media feeds could be considered a form of digital autocracy. –Revel Cheng, BTW reporter The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will provide a proactive AI protection tool that will cover a wide range of abuses to protect athletes from online abuse.
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Analysis
The Olympics kick off on July 26 with more than 10,500 athletes competing across 32 sports, and is expected to generate more than half a billion social media engagements during the 16 days of the event, according to the IOC. The Games are being staged amid ongoing wars in Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion in 2022, and between Hamas and Israel in Gaza – events that have already led to cases of abuse on social media. “The IOC will use AI at Paris in different areas,” Bach, the IOC President, told a press conference. “One is safeguarding, since we expect half a billion social media posts during these Games. If someone were to take only one second to read each post it would take them 16 years to go through,” he said.
Key Points
- The IOC will provide a pro-active AI safeguarding tool to protect athletes from cyberabuse.
- The measures will cover all kinds of abuse, not just political attacks. The IOC gave no details of what kind of access to their accounts athletes would be expected to give it.
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