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Well that's good and well that you are independent, but the sad fact is that on average misinformation works, especially at scale. We don't really have a good g
by dmos62 6y ago
Well that's good and well that you are independent, but the sad fact is that on average misinformation works, especially at scale. We don't really have a good grasp on the issue. It's in our culture to not regulate entertainment and media, but we're coming to terms with the fact that this can be turned against us.
- dfxm12 6y agoIt's in our culture to not regulate entertainment and media I disagree with that statement. For whatever it is worth, we (both the government and private sectors) have a long history of putting "explicit lyrics" stickers on CD's, censoring lyrics for the radio, editing scenes out of movies on TV, threatening to prevent movies from release if scenes aren't taken out, adding age ratings on videogames and films, see also the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005.
- pjc50 6y agoExactly. The right demanded those "parental advisory: explicit lyrics" be imposed, and then complain when people voluntarily put "trigger warnings" on their material. (the originator of the campaign was actually Tipper Gore, wife of Al; reminder that the US Democrats mostly operate as a center-right party roughly corresponding to Merkel's Christian Democrats)