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Tim Cook wants governments to fight fake news, which is “killing people's minds”
- espeed 10y agoIt's supposed to be illegal for the USG to use propaganda against its own citizens. Curiously the "Lobbying Restriction" in the US tax code for IRS 501(c)(3) describes lobbying as "carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation": http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/501.shtml http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/501.shtml. Step 1 would be to regulate lobbying -- lobbyists don't just lobby politicians, they create propaganda campaigns (PR, pose as pundits, etc) to pave the way for the vote by manufacturing public support for the issue.
- mbgaxyz 10y agoFrom article: ...he calls for a campaign similar to those that changed attitudes on the environment to educate the public on the threat posed by fabricated online stories. “It has to be ingrained in the schools, it has to be ingrained in the public”, said Mr Cook. “There has to be a massive campaign. We have to think through every demographic. “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news. "We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, but we must also help the reader. Too many of us are just in the complain category right now and haven’t figured out what to do.” He said that this crackdown would help providers of quality journalism and help drive out clickbait. “The outcome of that is that truthful, reliable, non-sensational, deep news outlets will win,” Mr Cook said.
- throwaway_374 10y agoSimple. Shut down Breitbart.