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YouTube plans to spend $25m fighting fake news. how
- core-questions 8y agoGreat, just what we need, more corporate censorship from the Youtube Trusted Flaggers. How about I decide what I want to see, instead of the Ministry of Truth doing it for me? How about I approach Youtube and all other sites with skepticism, and teach my kids to do the same, instead of having any default trust at all?
- MatrixAlgebra 8y agoExactly right. Allow the free market of ideas to separate fact from engineered fiction. There is a place for fake news catchers, but it is minor and should only be intended catch the most egregious violators of the public's trust.
- analyticascent 8y agoI'm deeply skeptical of any attempt to sort fact from fiction that is imposed on a user base rather than utilized by choice. Such a thing gives way too much power to the people who make decisions about what qualifies as "true"
- foolzcrow 8y agoThis is called censorship and it will backfire in your face.