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It seems like more and more the threat of fake news is being treated as security theater. The solutions that google and Facebook are setting up don't seem like
by zitterbewegung 10y ago
It seems like more and more the threat of fake news is being treated as security theater. The solutions that google and Facebook are setting up don't seem like they would be effective in the real world. Instead they are justifying more control over their social ecosystems.
- leot 10y agoCounter-proposal?
- mercer 10y agoIf it is 'security theater', or alternatively just a tempest in a teacup, doing nothing would be a perfectly fine alternative, at least for the time being.
- throwaway2048 10y agoFake news with near certainty, got trump elected. It matters, a lot.
- mercer 10y agoSurely the amount of disagreement on this makes it clear that it's not a 'near certainty'? Furthermore, an issue such as 'the election of a US President' strikes me as so inherently complex that we can say very little with near certainty. That said, I'm very open to hearing why you think this is a certainty (honestly!).
- stupidhn 10y agoThis is the definition of "liberal elitism". Near certainty? You keep telling yourself that, and the Trump supporters will keep voting their people in.