> so much "whataboutism" It’s not whataboutism, it’s basically the same story. Rogue state actors abuse free speech to spread fakes in media, the fakes cause t

> so much "whataboutism" It’s not whataboutism, it’s basically the same story. Rogue state actors abuse free speech to spread fakes in media, the fakes cause terrible things like genocides or wars. There’re many visitors here on HN who live in Europe, myself included. I’ve wrote that comment to remind people the problem is not local to some distant location 10 hours flight away. Unfortunately, the problem is global, and is much closer than Myanmar. I understand why media behave this way. They’re selling advertisements and don’t care much about global issues, at least when it takes resources to combat these rogue states. They’re private businesses, strictly speaking it’s not their responsibility to do anything besides making money for their shareholders, and they probably have good legal departments and are not breaking any laws of their jurisdictions. But just because I understand that doesn’t mean I like that. The more people will care about the problem, the more likely we’ll be able to come up with a solution.