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Twitter API has a list of users who are allowed to use racial slurs

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

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  • bogpunk@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    any better source than a random discord screenshot?

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    • doona@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Looks fake based on the response format alone honestly…

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      • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not to mention there are A LOT more slurs. There are pages and pages, it wouldn’t be a list like this.

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      • Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Would be a flag for the backend not a full list sent to the client.

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      • z500@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Apparently “Mexican” is a slur

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  • TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey Folks, Technology Mod here. We’re aware of the reports that this post has gathered. I recognize that this is probably fake and that the source is suspect.

    While we don’t have any source requirements in the sidebar for this community, in general better sources would be preferred. However, the post has generated enough discussion that I hesitate to remove it. Unfortunately, Lemmy doesn’t provide many tools for us to deal with situations like this, such as pinning comments, editing titles, or adding flair. For now, I’ll be leaving this post up, but I’ll continue to watch the discussion to see if other actions might need to be taken.

    Thanks for your patience, folks.

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    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why doesn’t lemmy at least have pinned comments and flairs? Seems like a serious omission to me.

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      • TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think pinned comments were added in a recent update, but in that case Beehaw hasn’t updated for various reasons that have been explained elsewhere.

        I’m less sure about the flairs. It would be a very helpful moderation tool in a toolbox that is quite limited at the moment.

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  • jetsetdorito@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    former bird employee on how it’s almost certainly fake

    hachyderm.io/@petrillic/112844483301730807

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ngl this looks fake as hell

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    • slacktoid@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, not enough slurs! Tbh like just that many? That’s all? I expected a separate wordlist

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    wordlist-ignore-for-protected-users

    What kind of shitty programmers make their variables this way

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    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The same kind who have a separate variable for ignore-wordlist-regex that’s just another list of users almost identical to the first one.

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      • LyD@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have configured systems like Okta and this detail almost makes me believe this is a real leak. 😂

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      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        … and is not a regex

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    • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The kind that didn’t walk out when Elon made it “sink in” that they were going to be treated like slaves: overworked, underpaid, full of anxiety, coffee, and with a boss who will randomly disconnect a whole daracenter overnight with no previous warning.

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    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      in answer to your question, this leak is fake

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    • prex@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Once again I cast my vote for SpOnGeBoBcAsE. Pascal & camel cases are for the weak.

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    • FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The kind left after “The Sink” incident

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  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To my knowledge, twitter doesn’t block anyone from using slurs to begin with. I’m sure you can find plenty used on daily basis on “black twitter” for example.

    That being said I’m going to need a more credible source than a random screenshot

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    • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
      [deleted]
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      • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What happens?

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      • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well I said black twitter because I’m talking about the Voldemort slur I’m not even allowed to say aloud

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  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So many Trumps these days. But, is this even real? Not because I don’t think this can’t be real, because it’s Twitter. My question is, is there any evidence this image being real? Because anyone could create such a fake and most people would believe it… – which tells a lot about Twitter, BTW, regardless of being true or false.

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    • prex@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, it is a real image. I’m just not sure how it was created.

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      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a fun fact right there. :D

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    1. Why would this show in their API? Makes no sense.
    2. Isn’t everybody allowed to use slurs on there now?
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  • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Url does not resolve to an IP address

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    • biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I checked too, it’s not a valid public DNS record, so then the question is, does Oktas DNS resolve this. Even if it does, how does okta even sit in this? Are they the identity provider for Twitter? Surely even if it’s identity, it’s got nothing to do with content moderation? So many questions.

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    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Odd. I get a full fledged HTML 404 page.

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      • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What dns server resolves the site?

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I kinda doubt there’s gonna be any level of shitstorm

    This is, however, hilarious.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can someone confirm this is real?

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    • Liz@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      youtube.com/shorts/c7OX-PKgF2U

      Almost certainly not.

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      • ech@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        yt shorts is such an atrocious format to share any sort of information.

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      • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As someone who integrates Okta for a living, I have no idea why this would be part of the config. I can’t even figure how you would use Okta for content filtering at all.

        It’s an authentication service…

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  • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless there’s a plausible snapshot from the wayback machine, with DNS decords or any other traces that could link the name to Twitter, I’d take this with a grain of salt.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m dehydrated after how many grains of salt I took this with

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    • ulterno@lemmy.kde.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it doesn’t really make any sense for them to have it anywhere other than the backend.

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  • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I made the following report on this post:

    Serious claim without proper source. Please consider adding a flair or editing the title to indicate it’s unverified and/or lack source

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  • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Remember kids: ✌ two sources or it didnt happen

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  • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We’re a collective of individuals upset with the way social media has been traditionally governed. A severe lack of moderation has led to major platforms like Facebook to turn into political machinery focused on disinformation campaigns as a way to make profit off of users.

    Rules for thee, but not for me?

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  • megopie@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ugh, this is all so pathetic.

    Bending over backwards to accommodate the loudest idiots in the room because they complain when they face consequences for their actions.

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Its also fake

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    • ech@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bending over backwards to accommodate the loudest idiots in the room because they complain when they face consequences for their actions.

      Your reading this wrong. The guy in charge is one of those idiots. He’s just doing favors for his friends. No bending required.

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