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Democracy rely on people being able to vote for those who best represent their interest. when company sell people's profile and allow political parties to targ
by aucisson_masque 2y ago
Democracy rely on people being able to vote for those who best represent their interest.
when company sell people's profile and allow political parties to target them with personalized advertisement,
When journalists are allowed to be completely biased that no one trust them anymore,
When fake news are allowed to be spread across social networks without any obstacle,
You remove people's right to make an educated vote on who is best going to represent their interest.
So yeah chrome, Google and other data harvester are part of the problem with some social network and the unregulation of such an important democracy tool that is journalism.
- otabdeveloper4 2y agoI agree, in the current climate a normal person could never be expected to make the correct choice on what their best interests are. To safeguard democracy we really need to protect the less advantaged here.
- ethbr1 2y ago> To safeguard democracy we really need to protect the less advantaged here. By providing them better information.
- pitkali 2y agoRampant misinformation certainly makes it harder to figure things out, but I disagree that it somehow removes people's right to vote for what's best for them or making an educated vote. I don't find that kind of rhetoric helpful. Politics is complicated, and most people are neither interested nor qualified to determine what's "best." Even the experts often do not know or agree on how to "fix" things that are broken, so how should the voters? Most just want to be able to afford the groceries.