I think the entire internet should be like 4chan where you can post whatever the hell you want. The issue with internet speech is that it's anonymous. This API attempts to quell the the symptom of that rather than fix a root cause.

IMO, the two root causes of the "problem" of internet speech is that 1. internet speech is anonymous and therefore mostly free of consequence, and 2. people take it seriously. I would much rather see internet speech become unregulated and unmoderated (other than blatant spam/ads) to the point where people stop taking it as seriously. Internet speech is no more valid than speech scribbled onto the wall of a shitter in Sharpie. Could you have an intelligent, thoughtful, and productive conversation on the wall of a shitter? Certainly. But you can and do also get "CALL CARLA FOR A GOOD TIME 555-555-5555." I would much rather see the policing of internet speech fall on the individual who is viewing it rather than entrust it to giant corporations who already hold all of the cards.

Viewing anonymous internet speech is a choice. Every person who makes that choice should be responsible for their own feelings.

>the API is called perspective (http://perspectiveapi.com/)
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>http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/02/23/fighting-words-not-ideas-googles-new-ai-powered-toxic-speech-filter-is-the-right-approach/#6dc28a99712b