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Pushing this onto the entire populace is a cowardly way to govern. What ought to be done is simple, even if how it ought to be done isn't: ban fake news. We do
by mLuby 8y ago
Pushing this onto the entire populace is a cowardly way to govern. What ought to be done is simple, even if how it ought to be done isn't: ban fake news.
We don't expect people to discern what foods and drugs are dangerous, so neither should we expect people to have to discern what is true or not. If it's untrue, someone should be able to bring a libel case.
- the_jeremy 8y agoPeople can bring libel cases in the case that it's actually libel. Apart from that, America doesn't protect the ability to give out poison in the Constitution, it protects free speech.
- mLuby 8y agoAs I understand it, libel (and slander) only apply when someone's reputation was damaged. I'm saying it could be made a crime to mass-broadcast false information.
- antepodius 8y agoI certainly trust governments to decide what is and isn't fake news.