> How does an algorithm determine what is a lie or bad idea? Please share. I don't know. Perhaps there will never be an algorithm that can do it even "approxim

> How does an algorithm determine what is a lie or bad idea? Please share. I don't know. Perhaps there will never be an algorithm that can do it even "approximately" never mind accurately - OK maybe "never" is too strong a word. It doesn't change the fact that the current way we are doing things are causing problems. In the past we rely on fallible editors to filter the news. It wasn't perfect. However I think they did a better job than the algorithms of Twitter and Facebook - most editors had some common sense with regards to the effects of what they allow to go to print; the more responsible ones will do due diligence and fact check stuff before printing it (as imperfect as their ability to do so is, it's better than the no fact checking at all done by Twitter/Facebook before they amplify it to millions of people).