shades fills you in

The NYT: TikTok creators are using a new form of internet language -- algospeak -- to get past content moderation. Here’s an example: panoramic = pandemic (because TikTok doesn’t let you say the latter)

WaPo says marginalized communities use a lot of algospeak to talk about political issues. But it also means toxic content will find a way

TechDirt agrees: content moderation is meaningless. Banning certain words doesn’t deal with the basic problem of toxic online content

Cory Doctorow: The real reason we have algospeak is moral panic. Specific groups (like Facebook itself) stoked fear of online toxic content, and sites had no choice but to aggressively mass moderate in response