Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ...
by Bartweiss on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:43PM
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> suppose that I put a grassroots issue blog on the same list as 100 fake publications
Worth noting that PropOrNot already exists, and got a lot of positive coverage before people started to get suspicious. Its model was almost precisely what you describe: providing extensive lists of clearly Russia-affiliated sources like Sputnik News, then including a handful of high-quality domestic gadflies like Naked Capitalism without any justification.
This isn't just a hypothetical risk of such tools, its already an active problem on these exact topics.
Worth noting that PropOrNot already exists, and got a lot of positive coverage before people started to get suspicious. Its model was almost precisely what you describe: providing extensive lists of clearly Russia-affiliated sources like Sputnik News, then including a handful of high-quality domestic gadflies like Naked Capitalism without any justification.
This isn't just a hypothetical risk of such tools, its already an active problem on these exact topics.