Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by colejohnson66 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @06:26PM
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I'm sure the check (if implemented) wouldn't be a naive regex that would fail that easily
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Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by ALittleLight on Thursday July 29, 2021 @08:49PM
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The example regex would fail on that url. More generally I was trying to suggest with an example that filtering credible information with a regex is error prone.
Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by l33t2328 on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:05PM
(#28009446)
Yes, and the example was naive. It’s trivial to make regex identify TLDs.
Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by ALittleLight on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:45PM
(#28009828)
Yeah, but that doesn't work either. There are gov sites that have incorrect information, out of date information, partisan ideas and rhetoric, or there may exist, now or in the future, a .gov website where people could upload and share content.