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And who is that problematic authority? The social network defers to the fact-checkers, of whom there are multiple independent ones, and who should be corroborat
by laughinghan 7y ago
And who is that problematic authority? The social network defers to the fact-checkers, of whom there are multiple independent ones, and who should be corroborating the government's story not taking it at face value.
- incompatible 7y agoA government body doesn't become an "authority" automatically, in the sense of being trusted as an authoritative source. It has to establish such a reputation over time. If it has established such a reputation, I'd be happier to trust its information than something circulated on Facebook from an unknown source. After all, we generally can't check each observation or theory ourselves first hand. Deciding which sources are trustworthy and which are not is a critical issue.
- incompatible 7y agoActually, if people are willing to be influenced by disinformation on the Internet, I suspect they are not using an "authority" model of information at all. Perhaps all they care about is whether the "information" is useful to whatever causes they believe in, not its source. E.g., an anti-vaxxer reading a post on Facebook that agrees that vaccination is harmful, by this concept would be likely to approve the post (like, share) without wasting time with authorities or fact-checking.
- alexmlamb 7y ago"of whom there are multiple independent ones, and who should be corroborating the government's story not taking it at face value" How's middle school?
- laughinghan 7y agoNice one. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html