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How shall we fix this (with science)?

• TaylorAlexander 9y ago
  My answer would be decentralization of power structures and the elimination of any unnecessary hierarchies. It is only for legacy reasons that a few media groups have our attention. With the internet it should be in principle possible to construct a decentralized system, as was the original goal. Of course new efforts are underway to block that, but with both political efforts (EFF, ACLU) and technological development (but how do we fund it?) we can push back.
• mschuster91 9y ago
  I don't believe it's possible with science. What is needed first-of-all is a massive amount of regulation on social networks to get the propaganda (aka the old name for fake news) under control. Social networks must have adequate human support teams capable of speaking the languages of the countries their users are, they must delete (or, as in traditional media, offer corrections to) fake/defamating posts, they must react to illegal content (e.g. hiding by country as Twitter does is pretty fair game to avoid the censorship debate), and there must be a legal way for people to get appeal in case of accidental misclassified stuff. For example, my telco provider has no right to terminate my service unless I'm 90 days behind in payments given the importance of telecommunication, so why should a social network not be subject to the same terms, given the importance of social media to modern society. Final terminations of service must be subject to due legal process. Fix social media and the "classic" media will follow.