Lionsgate's Chrome Extension Turns Abusive Facebook and Twitter Comments Positive

Tool uses machine learning to spot offensive content

Lionsgate’s movie Wonder (which premieres on Friday) tells the story of August Pullman, a boy who was born with facial differences and looks different from his classmates. Classmates bully him as he enters fifth grade at his first mainstream school. T0 make that message relatable online, the film studio created a clever way to filter content and show how much better the world would be without hurtful comments.

Working with Alphabet’s tech incubator Jigsaw, which focuses on creating “tools to make the world safer,” and MediaMonks, Lionsgate built the desktop Choose

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