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Re:Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published by pjc50 on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:05AM (#19189223)
We're in the era when automated propaganda means the lies can far more easily overwhelm the truth.

And just as with guns, the lies end up with the deaths of innocent bystanders.

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Re:Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published by colordrops on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:45PM (#19192489)
Whereas before, manual propaganda ended up with deaths of innocent bystanders.

Can you point to any source that indicates that deaths have gone up due to AI/social media bots? And even if there was a study, it's not necessarily a case for censorship. Pretty much every basic right Americans have are trade-offs rather than 100% positive.

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