Description: YouTube’s automated content moderation tool erroneously removed The Women of Sex Tech conference’s live-streamed event and banned the conference from the platform, despite not violating the platform’s sexual content policies.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: YouTube developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Women of Sex Tech conference attendants and Women of Sex Tech conference organizers.
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7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- AI system safety, failures, and limitations
Entity
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AI
Timing
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Post-deployment
Intent
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Unintentional
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
YouTube is blaming its auto-moderation tool for removing a live-stream of a women's sex conference.
According to a report from the Daily Dot, the conference, called Women of Sex Tech, had its live feed auto-banned from YouTube just four min…
The Women of Sex Tech conference went virtual for the first time in its five-year history last weekend, no thanks to YouTube.
The platform’s automated moderation controls automatically banned the sex tech conference the night before the eve…
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