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Understandable. How do you propose we deal with the current wave of propaganda and misinformation that these platforms enable, especially since they’re already

Understandable. How do you propose we deal with the current wave of propaganda and misinformation that these platforms enable, especially since they’re already having a very real effect on politics all over the world?

DethNinja 6y ago
Add critical thinking and logic lessons to school curriculum. Issue would be solved in about a generation but governments and large companies would hate that.
- tstrimple 6y ago
  That will never happen in this country. The truth of the situation is, one political party benefits from this ignorance way more than the other, and they are protecting their investment in keeping the electorate ignorant. https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2012-06-27/gop-opposes-critical-thinking/ https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2012-06-27/gop-op... > "Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
maharashtra 6y ago
Let's start with domestic journalists who abuse their vastly disproportionate power.
- scoot_718 6y ago
  So you're part of the "tear down journalism" crowd that are a part of the problem?
  - ForHackernews 6y ago
    The far right have been attacking journalists as "enemies of the people" for a while now. Extreme leftists tend to hate mainstream journalism, too.
- _jal 6y ago
  This is an assertion, not a plan. Your statement could just as easily apply to publicizing a whistleblower exposing massive corruption as it could to active collaboration with a foreign power to subvert an election. But beyond that, what are you actually proposing to "start"?

DethNinja 6y ago

Add critical thinking and logic lessons to school curriculum. Issue would be solved in about a generation but governments and large companies would hate that.

tstrimple 6y ago
That will never happen in this country. The truth of the situation is, one political party benefits from this ignorance way more than the other, and they are protecting their investment in keeping the electorate ignorant. https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2012-06-27/gop-opposes-critical-thinking/ https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2012-06-27/gop-op... > "Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."

maharashtra 6y ago

Let's start with domestic journalists who abuse their vastly disproportionate power.

scoot_718 6y ago
So you're part of the "tear down journalism" crowd that are a part of the problem?
- ForHackernews 6y ago
  The far right have been attacking journalists as "enemies of the people" for a while now. Extreme leftists tend to hate mainstream journalism, too.
_jal 6y ago
This is an assertion, not a plan. Your statement could just as easily apply to publicizing a whistleblower exposing massive corruption as it could to active collaboration with a foreign power to subvert an election. But beyond that, what are you actually proposing to "start"?