Algospeak: The Simplest Way To Bypass Censorship on Social Media – The Quint

Algospeak is also often used in harmful or radical communities.

Some anti-vaccination groups on Facebook changed their names to euphemisms like Dance Party or Dinner Party, and began using code words to avoid getting banned Facebook, according to NBC News.

Phrases like "dancing or drinking beer mean getting the vaccine, while 'pizza' and 'Moana' are used to refer to vaccine-makers Pfizer and Moderna.

Pro-eating disorder and pro-anorexia communities, which encourage members to adopt unhealthy eating habits, have also used algospeak to continue operating undetected on social media platforms.

A study from the School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, found that the "pro-ED community has adopted non-standard lexical variations of moderated tags to circumvent these restrictions.

"In fact, increasingly complex lexical variants have emerged over time," it said, adding, "Despite Instagrams moderation strategies, pro-ED communities are active and thriving."

(With inputs from The Washington Post, NBC News, and MIT Technology Review)

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