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Online disinformation is an industry that needs regulation, says boffin

• h2odragon 5y ago
  > "They still rely too much on independent researchers in the field to expose these," said Tapsell. "It's not our job to do this – it's the job of the big companies in Silicon Valley." Disagreed. It is our job, individually, to decide what is true or right. To turn that over to anyone else is an abnegation of integrity that undermines the rest of our existence.
  • foolzcrow 5y ago
    Exactly. Censorship is to prevent truth from circulating as much as possible. Nothing more, nothing less. Tyrants use it solely. Now they are also admitted segregationists.
  • smt88 5y ago
    In the US, the govt literally can't make moderation decisions for these companies. I'd rather there just be regulation to make algorithms more transparent and to force the disclosure of how a particular post has spread. If this is a problem that must be solved by the market, the market has to be properly informed.