AI vigilantes fuel censorship fears in Russian cyberspace


While the search for banned material online used to be down to police or pro-government activists, Russian authorities are turning to AI tools to quickly wade through millions of posts per day. — AFP

TBILISI: A woman posing in a thong outside a church; a single mother who berated Russian lawmakers and President Vladimir Putin; a saxophonist who criticised World War Two commemorations.

They are among thousands of Russians who have faced court over their social media posts in the past year – a number digital rights groups say could soon turn into a deluge as authorities use artificial intelligence (AI) to police the Web.

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