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Re:Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published by docdeek on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:18AM (#19189256)
What happens when it goes further than people who encourage others not to vaccinate their kids or who spread the word about a flat Earth?

If you decide to allow the government to determine what is truth and what is a lie, and then to punish those that speak something the government considers untruthful, you’re heading for a future that is far more dangerous than measles outbreaks and anti-scientific discourse.

What happens when the government determines there is an official version of history and you can’t dispute that official version without punishment? What happens when the government decides that news reports should all align with an official ‘true version’ of current events, as determined by the government, of course?

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Re:Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published by fzeroracer on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:26AM (#19189300)
We're headed for a potentially disastrous future as a result of climate change being viewed as a hoax and old diseases being revived. I view the potential destruction of the human race as being far more dangerous than potentially some checks and balances on tech companies using 'faulty algorithms' as an excuse for why their content engines keep recommending conspiracy theories and false information to everyone.

While the earth's climate ends up being permanently altered and forever affecting human habitation we'll still be arguing about how vaccines are turning the frogs gay.

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