YouTube Auto-Moderation Mistakenly Banned Women of Sex Tech Conference

May 2, 2020

YouTube's automated content moderation tool inappropriately removed the live-streamed event of the Women of Sex Tech conference and banned the conference from the platform, even though it did not violate the platform's sexual content policies. This underscores the importance of trustworthy AI governance for safe and secure AI practices.

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GOVERN 1.7 — similarity 0.660, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 1.1 — similarity 0.659, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.652, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: youtube
Alleged developer: youtube
Alleged harmed parties: women-of-sex-tech-conference-attendants, women-of-sex-tech-conference-organizers

Source

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