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Then, just like television is not responsible for TV addicts, Facebook may not be responsible for the susceptibility of people to believe and share fake news.
by partycoder 10y ago
Then, just like television is not responsible for TV addicts, Facebook may not be responsible for the susceptibility of people to believe and share fake news.
- DefaultUserHN 10y agoWhy should Facebook be responsible? Do we really need to "protect" people by preventing them from reading tabloid magazines?
- partycoder 10y agoI think the problem to address should be improving education. If you are well educated it would take a much more elaborate effort to trick you. It's still possible, e.g: race baiting and conspiracy theories have become a thing lately.