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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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