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Blacklisting or whitelisting certain topics and websites #78
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Very good points here. Certain topics may be sensitive in combination with language, location or other data even if they are not sensitive on their own. It is also important to allow an extension to help here -- most users will not have time to review the full list of topics and how they apply to their area and to other qualities about them that sites might be aware of. |
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Related: #4, #2, #74
I'd like to point out that there should be ways for users or websites to prevent certain topics from being exposed.
Background
Some topics which are usually considered normal in most case may turn into "sensitive topics" depending on the place or situation, and plausible deniability on these topics may not work if websites or authorities consider it as an "acceptable risk."
For example, Topics like
/Jobs & Education/Education/Homeschooling
or/People & Society/Family & Relationships/Ancestry & Genealogy
can be sensitive information if a user is living in a country where homeschooling is either illegal or commonly associated with certain religion, or where certain ethnicity or race is discriminated or repressed.Likewise,
/Sports/American Football
,/Arts & Entertainment/Movies/Animated Films
(which usually is associated with Japanese animation in East Asia) or even/Reference/Foreign Language Study
(which is associated with English or French language in certain regions) can be used as a sign, signal or evidence that users are interested in American or Japanese culture, regardless of whether it's a randomly generated topic or not. Such information might be critical in a country which has hostile relation with aforementioned countries. In countries like North Korea, this is criminal offense punishable by death sentence.While users can disable Topics api to address this issue as explained in #65, there are still remaining concerns to address. Such as,
Proposal
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