
Getty / Futurism The Barbra Streisand effect was in full swing after tech giant Microsoft attempted to clamp down on the word “Microslop” on a Discord channel dedicated to its AI chatbot Copilot over the weekend. The onslaught of mockery — characterized by a company spokesperson blaming the Microslop dustup on “spammers attempting to disrupt and overwhelm the space with harmful content not related to Copilot” — was too much, forcing Microsoft to shut down