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It's one thing to be exposed to varying viewpoints, it's another thing to have a nation state wage propaganda campaigns against you on your home turf. If 999/1
by foobazgt 2y ago
It's one thing to be exposed to varying viewpoints, it's another thing to have a nation state wage propaganda campaigns against you on your home turf.
If 999/1000 tiktoks you see are of one particular viewpoint, you don't think the audience is going to draw specific conclusions? Our species now has mis-information tools that we couldn't have possibly imagined even just a decade ago. We're in the midst of a real struggle to work out how your average person can identify it. It's disheartening how little progress has been made in this area.
- aprilthird2021 2y ago> If 999/1000 tiktoks you see are of one particular viewpoint, you don't think the audience is going to draw specific conclusions? So what? If you watch InfoWars all day you'll also draw specific conclusions. If you watch PressTV all day you'll also draw specific conclusions. The point is that Americans can draw whatever conclusions they want, and that limiting info to only "approved" sources is authoritarian
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoOn that topic, Twitter/X is now heavily pushing InfoWars. Of all the social networks, Twitter is currently the most concerning, given the far-right sympathies and political connections of its owner.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoMaybe, but I think Americans have the right to watch Infowars all day if they want to. And X has the right to push it all they want, imo