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Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by jwond on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:26PM (#28330574)
Seems like the right move to me. We’ve already seen that things labeled “misinformation” can turn into a plausible theory overnight, e.g. the lab leak theory.

It’s disappointing to see so many people demanding that corporations act as the arbiters of truth.

Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by commandlinefan on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:43PM (#28330802)
I've looked through the sub they're complaining about... I don't see anything in there that's actually false. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but it's mostly just people saying "I don't believe everything I hear". Which is probably a Good Thing.
Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by DrBenCarson on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:16PM (#28331887)
"Children are trapped in that school bus! Literally right behind you! They're going to die if you don't break a glass window or force a door open!"

"Meh, I don't believe everything I hear."

Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by commandlinefan on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:25PM (#28331974)
I've seen movies where the bad guy says something like that just to get the good guy to turn around long enough for him to pull out a gun and shoot him.
Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by macroninomics on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:54PM (#28330948)
The media coverage [0] of the lab leak theory as a likely theory is misinformation that misrepresents the scientific consensus [1]. More coverage on the lab leak politics: https://www.mintpressnews.com/why-liberals-suddenly-love-lab...

[0] https://fair.org/home/corporate-media-politicize-who-investi...

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by Noumenon72 on Friday August 27, 2021 @02:38PM (#28331478)
It doesn't matter whether it's the current or former coverage that was misinformation, what matters is we will never find out the truth if we ban the side currently deemed "misinformation" from making its case.
Re:Reddit CEO Rejects Call to Take Down Covid-19 Disinformation by sjg007 on Saturday August 28, 2021 @10:46AM (#28338488)
So a bunch of people posting random theories on twitter will lead us to the truth? I don't think so. Look at pizzagate and all that crap. Nonsense.