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Let's face it, Big Social Media's "disinformation" label is no more than "things that go against the mainstream narrative" these years.
by cpr 5y ago
Let's face it, Big Social Media's "disinformation" label is no more than "things that go against the mainstream narrative" these years.
- 13years 5y agoIt will always be so. The power to control information is far too tempting to not be subverted for nefarious means.
- babesh 5y agoIt isn't just the social media giants. It applies to most if not all the corporate giants. Google's search and YouTube, Apple news, Netflix, Disney, etc...
- w0m 5y agoreplace "mainstream narrative" with "X narrative" and you have a point. 'mainstream' is meaningless.
- Fellshard 5y agoAt this point, by sheer institutional volume, 'mainstream' means 'American East Coast Left-liberal'.
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- mrobot 5y agoI think i would restrict it to "X narrative, where X is chosen from spectrum of acceptable opinion dictated by appointed board of directors, USA, inc.".
- seriousquestion 5y agoAn honest label would be "unapproved".
- Jaepa 5y agoI feel like this is a meta commentary that someone who posts articles like - ‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-Gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack - Siri plays dumb about documentary “Hillary's America” And posts anticlimate change articles.
- hosteur 5y agoAd hominem much?
- dpbriggs 5y agoWhy do people go through profiles and post these sorts of comments? The parent comment is only a one sentence opinion, and I'm unsure if any additional context is required to discuss it. I get you're pointing out OP has some colourful post history, but what does that achieve?