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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by nkkollaw on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:13AM (#23323562)
Is there, though? Why should Twitter be in charge of deciding who's a world leader or famous enough to get checked?

Who is Twitter to fact-check world leaders?

When world leaders rarely tell the truth, how can anyone realistically think that such a system could even work, even if it made sense?

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by bostik on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:49AM (#23324176)
Well, here's the funny bit: Twitter doesn't need to decide. If someone in a major power, such as a G20 member country, is in a government position, they are a world leader. And because things are always contested, that same category can be extended to high-ranking members of opposition.

I'm going to take you at your word and accept that world leaders rarely tell the truth: so they should ALL get the same treatment then. But instead of stamping their output with just "fact-check this", why not unilaterally label all of it with: "may contain lies, omissions and half-truths"?

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by nicc on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:53PM (#23330550)
> why not unilaterally label all of it with: "may contain lies, omissions and half-truths"?

Even if Twitter's motive was to help its users, that's just common sense. Does Twitter have such a low opinion of its users that it needs to treat them like 5-year-olds?

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