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Comment on: Mistral's Shieldstral: 3B open-weights model for multimodal moderation
The problem is that you can't have content moderation without having editorial intent. There is no such thing as "neutral moderation".Most moderated spaces these days rely on moderating based on "civility" because it can be excused with jargon like "creating a marketplace of ideas" which ignores the reality that the scope of discussions selects for who participates in them as much as the way they are phrased - a zebra will be less inclined to participate in a "marketplace of ideas" where a recurring topic of discussion is how zebra meat is best prepared for consumption even though that space m