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This invention of the connotations of 'misinformation' is much like the invention of the word Terrorist after 9/11. It was done to scare and shame people into l
by errantmind 5y ago
This invention of the connotations of 'misinformation' is much like the invention of the word Terrorist after 9/11. It was done to scare and shame people into lockstep.
Nothing needs to be done. The problem was disproportionately expanded to shift even more power into the hands of authoritarians. Just because someone is wrong doesn't mean they should be silenced or censured.
- ithkuil 5y agoNo doubt this characterisation is bring misused, or better, there surely is a lot of state-sponsored misinformation about misinformation. That said, not every information out there is genuine opinion that just falls on one or another side of some point on the spectrum. There is a form of "information" that is constructed as a cheap flood of random claims that are cheap to produce and hard to confute. (Aka https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law) Now imagine you recognize this latter as a serious problem in society. How can you approach to it without confusing it with the former?
- errantmind 5y agoHonestly, I don't know, but I'd rather there be no confrontation than taking away people's fundamental rights
- ithkuil 5y agoI think there is vast gulf between jailing people for saying things and rebutting bullshit online. The fact we as a society struggle to even discuss the difference is worrying. The "slippery slope" meme has poisoned our ability to see nuance and pushed otherwise reasonable people into extremist positions.