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Title: Microsoft Bans 'Microslop' On Its Discord, Then Locks the Server

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/02/1847...

Over the weekend, Windows Latest noticed that Microsoft's official Copilot
Discord server began automatically blocking the term "Microslop." As shown in
a screenshot, any message containing the word is automatically prevented from
posting, and users receive a moderation notice explaining that the message
includes language deemed inappropriate under the server's rules. From the
report: Windows Latest found that sending a message with the word "Microslop"
inside the official Copilot Discord server immediately triggers an automated
moderation response. The message does not appear publicly in the channel, and
instead, only the sender sees the notice stating that the content is blocked
by the server because it contains a phrase deemed inappropriate. Of course,
the internet rarely leaves things there. Shortly after Windows Latest posted
about Copilot Discord server blocking Microslop on X, users began
experimenting in the server with variations such as "Microsl0p" using a zero
instead of the letter "o." Predictably, those versions slipped past the
filter. Keyword moderation has always been something of a cat-and-mouse game,
and this isn't any different. What started as a simple keyword filter quickly
snowballed into users deliberately testing the restriction and posting
variations of the blocked term. Accounts that included "Microslop" in their
messages first got banned from messaging again. Not long after, access to
parts of the server was restricted, with message history hidden and posting
permissions disabled for many users.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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