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The UK's Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee on Monday released its report on disinformation and "fake news" following an 18-month inquiry, which took
by malvosenior 8y ago
The UK's Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee on Monday released its report on disinformation and "fake news" following an 18-month inquiry, which took in evidence from 73 witnesses.
The report called for urgent regulation of Facebook — including an independent UK body to stamp out harmful or illegal content — and skewered Zuckerberg for refusing to give evidence to the committee three times.
I almost closed my browser tab at "fake news". There are legitimate concerns about Facebook, but this isn't it. The UK government seems bound and determined to increase it's censorship foothold.
Can anyone in the UK comment on how these types of things are received by regular citizens? Are you concerned that your government is cracking down on content with censorship left and right?
- Kurtz79 8y ago"I almost closed my browser tab at "fake news". There are legitimate concerns about Facebook, but this isn't it." That's one of the main concerns about Facebook (aside from privacy). Anyone can post any kind of fake story with tremendous reach and no accountability or traceability. https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/30/read-all-about-it-the-biggest-fake-news-stories-of-2016.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/30/read-all-about-it-the-bigges...
- malvosenior 8y agoCNBC pretending like this is a big deal is fake news.
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