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> The best way to fight disinformation is to challenge it with true information. History shows there exists a subset of issues that drive deep emotion or passi
by andrewjl 6y ago
> The best way to fight disinformation is to challenge it with true information.
History shows there exists a subset of issues that drive deep emotion or passion, whether for historical reasons or otherwise, for which this approach won't work. It assumes rational debate is possible in an environment antithetical to it. The hard part is defining that subset, in real-time, on a globalized planet. Hard to say that anyone is capable of this kind of definition.
Edit: I too don't think censorship works in the long-term. That doesn't mean we should throw our hands up at this problem and give up. It'll be with us whether we like it or not, so we as a society better solve it.