OII | Emojis are making it harder for tech giants to track down online abuse

Published on
13 Aug 2021

Harmful posts can end up being missed altogether while acceptable posts are mislabelled as offensive, according to the Oxford Internet Institute. frontpage-pressSky NewsHannah Rose Kirk|Dr Scott A. Hale|Bertram Vidgen|Paul Röttger

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