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> The main issue is that people who say Trump is lying is mostly Trump's opposition. There are a range of fact checkers who stake their reputation on trying th

> The main issue is that people who say Trump is lying is mostly Trump's opposition. There are a range of fact checkers who stake their reputation on trying the best they can to avoid bias, look at those sources and you will see this is not the case. Also, the government already gets heavily involved in determining the truth without any ministry in the form of slander and liable trials. One of the more controversial released calls was with Georgia Republican election officials trying to tell him that there was not fraud.

Gibbon1 6y ago
You're kinda pointing I think in the correct direction. There are different kind of facts. In this case the fact is a legal fact. One generated via the electoral process and subject to rulings by the courts, and certification by the legislative branch. The electoral system and the courts have ruled universally that Trump lost. That system is made up of offices held by all the various factions. So the legal fact is Biden won the election. That's it. Saying otherwise is lying, saying it's debatable is also lying.
ragebol 6y ago
Problem then is: the believers of lies simply do not trust (an certain topics at least) the unbiased sources. I've been thinking about augmenting social networks with some measure of trust (eg. express that I trust my uncle 90% when it comes to car repairs but 5% when it comes to vaccines). But then eventually, we'll see N groups again. Nothing new there. But maybe by expressing trust(-per-topic) new misinformation will spread less quickly?