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The same was said of the internet. NY Times, CNN, Fox and other centralized news sites have(had?) a lot of guard rails to 'protect' people from unsubstantiated
by aeternum 5y ago
The same was said of the internet. NY Times, CNN, Fox and other centralized news sites have(had?) a lot of guard rails to 'protect' people from unsubstantiated claims. The internet was the wild-west in terms of information and blogs containing potentially harmful information. Now look at where things are.
The guard-rails can be built in the new medium, and the result may actually be better than what we had before.
- thedevelopnik 5y agoOur society is being destroyed by purposeful misinformation on the internet. I don’t think this argument is what you think it is.
- aeternum 5y agoFake news and misinformation was busy destroying societies since well before the internet was even a twinkle in Al Gore's eye: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-37-02-0132 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-37-02-01...