Adam Bearne, NPR ; Tennis stars get lots of hate online. The French Open gave them AI 'bodyguards'
"What about the people who should be hearing public criticism?
Free speech advocates are worried, however, about technology that screens comments before they are allowed to be posted.
That could lead to something akin to "prior restraint," where the government prevents someone from exercising their right to free speech, said Kate Klonick, a professor at St. John's University in New York...
Boutard said he doesn't see his technology being used that way.
"We don't remove criticism, what we remove is toxicity," he said. "The line is actually pretty clear. If you start throwing insults, being racist, attacking a player, using body-shaming, that's not a criticism, and that's actually toxic to the player."
