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> What a turn for the worse we've taken as a society. Perhaps it's a game of whack-a-mole and censorship trying to suppress vaccine misinformation, but the ant
by js2 8y ago
> What a turn for the worse we've taken as a society.
Perhaps it's a game of whack-a-mole and censorship trying to suppress vaccine misinformation, but the anti-vax movement is an actual real danger to society, and misinformation was cited as one of the problems in recent testimony before Congress by a teen who defied his parents’ anti-vaccination beliefs: "The sources which spread misinformation should be the primary concern of the American people." [1]
Fortunately this teen learned to think on his own ("learning to find credible research and information is fundamental to finding truth in a world of misleading facts and false views").
Ideally, I'd want everyone to learn to think critically, and to combat misinformation with information. I don't like the slippery slope of censorship either. But I also can't stand the fact that my children live in a world with kids who aren't vaccinated.
So I hesitatingly applaud Amazon here.
[1] https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Lindenberger.pdf https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Lindenberger.pdf