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> The problem is they give one body the ultimate authority on what is truth. Science, epidemiology & politics is more complex than that. That's an excellent po
by mirimir 7y ago
> The problem is they give one body the ultimate authority on what is truth. Science, epidemiology & politics is more complex than that.
That's an excellent point.
> Google should instead have a list of allowed sources (e.g. WHO, CDC, NHS, etc) and explicitly disallowed sources (states owned media organizations, politicians and intelligence agencies).
Well, isn't the BBC at least government affiliated? And yes, I'm aware that it's supposedly entirely independent.
And about intelligence agencies, the NSA has contributed hugely to computer security. It's true that they're arguably the world's greatest hackers, but that actually increases their credibility. Except for the backdoors that they hide ;)