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Pew
recently commissioned Gallup to run a poll in Israel on attitudes
to social media censorship. They found high support for banning
various kinds of speech:
The fourth question, especially, is disturbing: 59% want to ban
publicly expressing sympathy for civilians in Gaza? Since the
polling was conducted in Hebrew and Arabic, however, this got me wondering
whether translation might be contributing. I went to check, and Pew
did publish
the questions:
Q123c. Thinking about the war between Israel and Hamas, do
you think people should or should not be allowed to post each of
the following on social media sites? c. Posts that express
sympathy for civilians in Gaza
A friend of a friend guessed
they might have used סימפטיה
("simpatia"):
I don't *know* because they're not transparent, but I [...]
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
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First published:
September 8th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/28eyDuZ6FKrHpQ2FK/pollsters-should-publish-question-translations
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By LessWrongPew
recently commissioned Gallup to run a poll in Israel on attitudes
to social media censorship. They found high support for banning
various kinds of speech:
The fourth question, especially, is disturbing: 59% want to ban
publicly expressing sympathy for civilians in Gaza? Since the
polling was conducted in Hebrew and Arabic, however, this got me wondering
whether translation might be contributing. I went to check, and Pew
did publish
the questions:
Q123c. Thinking about the war between Israel and Hamas, do
you think people should or should not be allowed to post each of
the following on social media sites? c. Posts that express
sympathy for civilians in Gaza
A friend of a friend guessed
they might have used סימפטיה
("simpatia"):
I don't *know* because they're not transparent, but I [...]
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
---
First published:
September 8th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/28eyDuZ6FKrHpQ2FK/pollsters-should-publish-question-translations
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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