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I know, I know. This is "the good" part of the Internet, that's why I used "most of the Internet". Since we're on the topic of 'misinformation', I just observe
by delegate 10y ago
I know, I know. This is "the good" part of the Internet, that's why I used "most of the Internet".
Since we're on the topic of 'misinformation', I just observed that a lot of tech companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter..) and most mainstream media are financed by advertising.
Meaning - this is their core business.
Remove advertising and we'll be left with the part of the Internet that's valuable and insightful, yet less shiny and exciting than the ad fueled hundred-billion-dollar properties on the Internet today.
The point is that we consume and accept false messages in the form of ads every day, but we kind of accept it as something necessary for the Internet/Media to exist.
We've reached a point were people started to accept false information about real events as something normal.
Now all information sources are suspicious and that's what the fight is about.