prefilter

verb, noun — 2 senses

prefilter

verb

Etymology From pre- + filter.

1

To filter in advance.

  • The prefiltered data was fed to a computer program for analysis.
  • Facebook does not allow for pre-moderation of comments on pages and comments cannot be turned off, however NSW supreme court justice Stephen Rothman had argued that the media companies could have used a word filter using extremely common words to pre-filter the majority of comments to only be visible to the page owner and that user and their friends.2020 June 1, Josh Taylor, “Australian media companies face defamation liability for comments on Facebook after court dismisses appeal”, in The Guardian:

prefilter

noun

Etymology From pre- + filter.

1

A filter used in advance.

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