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But two new studies show that AI trained to identify [[hate speech]] may actually end up amplifying racial bias. In one study, researchers found that leading AI models for processing hate speech were one-and-a-half times more likely to flag tweets as offensive or hateful when they were written by [[African American]]s, and 2.2 times more likely to flag tweets written in African American English (which is commonly spoken by black people in the US).<ref>https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/15/20806384/social-media-hate-speech-bias-black-african-american-facebook-twitter</ref>}}
But two new studies show that AI trained to identify [[hate speech]] may actually end up amplifying racial bias. In one study, researchers found that leading AI models for processing hate speech were one-and-a-half times more likely to flag tweets as offensive or hateful when they were written by [[African American]]s, and 2.2 times more likely to flag tweets written in African American English (which is commonly spoken by black people in the US).<ref>https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/15/20806384/social-media-hate-speech-bias-black-african-american-facebook-twitter</ref>}}
===Covid pandemic===
:{{See also|CCCP global pandemic}}
When the [[Chinese coronavirus]] first struck in the Spring of 2020, Facebook banned speech or contrary "scientific" discussion regarding [[lockdown]] orders and forced business closures and layoffs. YouTube took down videos, and Twitter banned all users who would dare question the [[mainstream media]] COVID narrative.
By mid October ''[[Forbes]]'' reported that "Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google all began scooping up New York City commercial real estate after prices have plummeted due to the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic."<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/10/16/amazon-apple-google-and-facebook-are-all-scooping-up-office-space-in-new-york-despite-predictions-of-the-citys-demise/#b23fb282c0f7</ref>
===Efforts to end Big Tech censorship===
===Efforts to end Big Tech censorship===