Tim Berners-Lee: We need social networks where bad things happen less

Re:Tim Berners-Lee: We need social networks where bad things... by sneak on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:46PM (#26471511)

Same could be said for television, newspapers, and the church, all of which have reflected society's misinformation and misconceptions back onto it for a very long time.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: We need social networks where bad things... by pixl97 on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:33PM (#26472213)

You act like that a lot of things were not done about newspapers or TV?

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: We need social networks where bad things... by sneak on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:40PM (#26472261)

There are still televangelists and cable news, so I'm pretty sure that the misinformation that people are so upset about on Facebook are still there on TV, too.

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