Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma...
by mikkergp on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:54PM
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> How about "fight" "disinformation" "weapons" with explanations of the truth
Tell me how this isn’t comparable to saying “if you just explain to the trolls they are hurting your feelings, they’ll stop”
I 100% promise you “the truth” already exists for 99% of topics out there. You seem to be setting up a paradox. The government shouldn’t intervene in misinformation, but somehow the government and media should align themselves to spread only factual information, which would be way creepier.
Any realistic solution has to happen despite an imperfect media and a landscape with all sorts of conflicting information, not try to eliminate it. Ad council seems like just another way to tell people in their bubbles what they already know.
Tell me how this isn’t comparable to saying “if you just explain to the trolls they are hurting your feelings, they’ll stop”
I 100% promise you “the truth” already exists for 99% of topics out there. You seem to be setting up a paradox. The government shouldn’t intervene in misinformation, but somehow the government and media should align themselves to spread only factual information, which would be way creepier.
Any realistic solution has to happen despite an imperfect media and a landscape with all sorts of conflicting information, not try to eliminate it. Ad council seems like just another way to tell people in their bubbles what they already know.