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I agree that it's a hard problem, but it feels like people are shying away from the difficulty if I'm honest. My issue is particularly with social media, where
by frereubu 8y ago
I agree that it's a hard problem, but it feels like people are shying away from the difficulty if I'm honest.
My issue is particularly with social media, where people aren't presented with a balance of information. Feed algorithms are structured to increase engagement at the expense of everything else. It's this lack of balance combined with people's confirmation bias that concerns me, particularly when it comes to things that have a direct impact such as anti-vaccine information.
I don't care about flat earth stuff, stupid though it may be, and I think it's right to make a distinction between harmless idiocy and the clearly harmful stuff. There's going to be a lot of grey area, but this is true of a huge amount of case law already.