> creating any centralized pseudo-authority on what counts as truth - even a private one committed to neutrality and limited to a specific social media platfor

> creating any centralized pseudo-authority on what counts as truth - even a private one committed to neutrality and limited to a specific social media platform - carries significant risks. I think some existing sites, such as Politifact, currently do a pretty good job of distinguishing “this is false” from “this is political spin I disagree with”. But they’re not perfect - they clearly have a bias, like everyone else - and other fact checkers tend to be somewhat worse, from what I’ve seen, ranging from Snopes to fact-checking articles in WaPo, NYT, etc. This is why I think the concept is so hopelessly naive. News sources are already supposed to be factual, but there's immense difficulty in finding a single, high quality source, and strong incentives pushing them towards developing sources that serve the beliefs that people want to hold. Why in earth would an extra layer of misdirection help at all? All you'd end up with is a replica of the news ecosystem we have now.