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Yesterday, buried in an article about combatting vaccine fearmongers, a pretty disturbing snippet was included: "Biden allied groups, including the Democratic
by cwkoss 5y ago
Yesterday, buried in an article about combatting vaccine fearmongers, a pretty disturbing snippet was included:
"Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/12/biden-covid-vaccination-campaign-499278 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/12/biden-covid-vaccina...
Though the goal in this case is seemingly well-intentioned, the idea of the government inspecting and editorializing private communications is incredibly worrying to me. I don't trust feds to perpetually restrict this capability to only public health...
Imagine if Trump had the capability to append "fact checks" with any SMS that included a link on articles which cast him in a negative light.
- Clubber 5y agoYes, I'm aware of that and it's hardly being reported on. It's very disturbing. >Though the goal in this case is seemingly well-intentioned I'm not even sure it's well intentioned, that is just the excuse they are giving. "For the children," was often the reason given for constantly ramping up the drug war and mass incarceration. It makes a good headline.