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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by ralusek on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:01AM (#19970749)
I have good faith debates all the time, and I can count on one hand how many times I've been arguing with someone that is relying on incorrect facts. People actually don't tend to disagree on facts very often, they disagree on conclusions. I don't want a political entity determine which conclusions are correct, because that is the job a long and public negotiation.
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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by anoncake on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:52PM (#19972695)
If we tolerate fake news (as in: incorrect facts), chances are people will disagree on facts more often.
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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by ralusek on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:47AM (#19978457)
I have never seen the label of "fake news" be reliably limited to incorrect facts. It was a label that immediately become useless because of how subjectively it was applied.
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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by beepboopbeep on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:20AM (#19970921)
Your opinion doesn't make policy.
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