Andrew Gray wrote:
People are saying we can't have the image filter because it would stop us being neutral. If we aren't neutral to begin with, this is a bad argument.
An image filter feature isn't inherently non-neutral, but one reliant upon special categories (as described in the WMF outline) would be.
Unlike our normal categories (which objectively and non-exclusively describe images' subjects in great detail), a manageable setup would require broad, objection-based (i.e. extremely subjective) classifications.
Additional non-neutrality enters the equation when we provide categories for some "potentially objectionable" images and not others (implicitly validating belief x and discriminating against holders of belief y). As previously discussed, this isn't realistically avoidable.
Even if it were feasible to include an "unveiled women" category, who would analyze the millions of images (with thousands more uploaded every day) to tag them accordingly? That's merely a single example.
David Levy