Algorithmic Censorship Changes the Way We Talk

Source: Reason
by Matthew Petti

“The kids these days have a lot of silly euphemisms. Porn becomes corn. Sex becomes seggs. Nipples are nip nops and a picture of an eggplant can stand in for a penis. Killing someone becomes unaliving them, and people kermit sewerslide instead of committing suicide. Everything slightly risqué or unpleasant becomes baby talk. But not because teens are overgrown infants — it’s a bottom-up response to top-down censorship.” (10/13/25)

https://reason.com/2025/10/13/algorithmic-censorship-changes-the-way-we-talk