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I agree that the spread of particularly vicious lies is a problem, but that doesn't mean the answer is for a government entity to draw the line. Maybe the solu
by laughinghan 8y ago
I agree that the spread of particularly vicious lies is a problem, but that doesn't mean the answer is for a government entity to draw the line.
Maybe the solution to the problem is pressuring Facebook and Google. Maybe the solution is changing tech culture. Maybe the solution is more aggressively demoting fake news and promoting debunking of fake news. Even if you want a governmental component, maybe we should only go so far as a law requiring advertising networks to make it easier/possible for an advertiser to blacklist who gets their money (I know people who have tried, failed, and ultimately gave up on trying to prevent their ads from showing up on Breitbart).