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← Language & CommunicationAn internet forum uses automated moderation to detect and filter offensive language. Which process is responsible for inaccurate flagging of benign phrases?
A)Code-switching linguistic interference effect
B)Semantic drift and contextual ambiguity✓
C)Phonetic reduction informational distortion
D)Syntactic complexity parsing limitations
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Semantic drift occurs when the meaning of words changes over time. Because forum bots are trained on specific datasets, phrases evolve and are misinterpreted due to the mechanism of altered context; therefore, this leads to false positives rather than other linguistic errors.
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