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There were even videos of chinese scientists trying to get the word out about the virus and the lab leak liklihood. There was plenty of evidence, if you knew wh
by generalizations 5y ago
There were even videos of chinese scientists trying to get the word out about the virus and the lab leak liklihood. There was plenty of evidence, if you knew where to look.
'Evidence' is tangential to the decision making behind misinformation tags.
- kristofferR 5y agoThe problem is that "evidence" is pretty easy to find. Even the wildest conspiracy theories has pages and pages of links to their evidence. Who should evaluate the evidence for its credibility?
- generalizations 5y agoIs that a serious question? Here's a better one: Who has the right to tell others what they may, and may not, decide for themselves?
- deepnotderp 5y ago> Who should evaluate the evidence for its credibility? Why the Ministry of Truth of course
- pupdogg 5y agoI don’t have an answer to that but it most certainly should NOT be New York Times, Business Insider, WAPO, FactCheckXYZ, etc style publications.
- andybak 5y agoWait. You've just excluded a bunch of stuff without even hinting what you're in favour of. For all we know, you might think it should be Alex Jones. Don't do this. It's hand-waving and people can read all kinds of things into it.